Deadly blasts at Pakistan counter-terrorism facility ‘due to electrical fault’

A police commando stands on the rubble after the blasts (Sherin Zara/AP)

Police have said the deadly blasts that struck a counter-terrorism facility in the north west of Pakistan were caused by an electrical fault and not a terror attack.

The short circuits occurred on Monday at a munitions warehouse inside the centre in Swat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.