PAKISTAN

MINGORA: At least 13 people including police and security personnel were killed and several others injured in a suicide blast outside District Court in Swat tehsil of Mingora, Geo News reported Saturday.

DPO Swat said the suicide bomber was riding a rickshaw, who was heading to a check post of police and infantry. On this, the security personnel fired gunshots at him.

He added he could not approach the check post thanks to the heavy security.

The sources said the body parts of the bomber including head and legs have been found; at least 14-kilogram explosive was used in the blast.

According to the security sources, the suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a check post of the security forces, killing ten including three police and a security man on the spot.

The bodies and injured were rushed to District Headquarters Saidu Sharif and relief activities were started on the spot.

Several vehicles caught fire; of them, five were completely destroyed.

Meantime, MS Saidu Sharif Dr Lal Noor said at least eight bodies including those of police and security personnel were brought to the hospital, adding the critically injured have been sent to Peshawar.

The security cordoned off the entire area. Soon after the blast, curfew has been clamped on the main road.