Pakistani Police Say 2 Blasts at Facility in Northwest Kill 12

Plainclothes police officers gather at the site of a bomb explosion, in Kabal, an area of Pakistan's Swat Valley on April 24, 2023. Sherin Zara/AP Photo

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Two explosions Monday at a counterterrorism police facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 50, police said.

Senior police officer Ataullah Khan said an initial blast at the facility in the Swat Valley district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was followed by a larger, more intense one.