2 min readPeshawarMar 13, 2010 10:36 AM IST
First published on: Mar 13, 2010 at 10:36 AM IST
At least 13 people were killed and 52 others injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a heavily-guarded court complex in the restive Swat valley in northwest Pakistan,a day after multiple blasts in Lahore claimed 45 lives.
Witnesses and police officials said the bomber came to the court complex in Mingora,the main city of Swat district,in a rickshaw. As he walked towards the complex,he was spotted and challenged by security personnel manning a check post.
“The bomber blew himself up when the security personnel fired at him,” district police chief Qazi Ghulam Farooq said. The check post was manned jointly by army soldiers and policemen.
Many of the 13 people killed in the attack were security personnel,officials said. Fiftytwo others were wounded. The powerful blast also destroyed five cars. Footage on television showed some cars on fire as passers-by carried the injured away from the site of the blast.
Officials said they had found the legs of the bomber,adding that about 15 kg explosives were used in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities imposed curfew in the area after the explosion.
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