At least 17 people were killed in a ‌suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country ​battles widening insurgencies. The explosion took place in the Kabal area ​of Swat, a district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A ⁠pro-police rally of local residents was taking place in the same ​area on Sunday, but it was not immediately clear whether the ​rally was the intended target. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militant Islamist group in a statement claimed responsibility for the attack. At least 34 people were wounded in the explosion, ​according to a spokesperson for Rescue 1122. The rescue official said ​the death toll rose to 17 from 14 after three victims died in ‌hospital. ⁠The victims included seven police officers and 10 civilians. One of the dead persons was believed to be the suicide bomber, Fida Hussain, a regional police official, told Reuters.

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