A senior police official was killed and five other police personnel, including a SHO, were injured when explosives stored in a room at a police station in Nasirabad district accidently blew up on Thursday.
Deputy Inspector General Police Nasirabad Range Sharjeel Kharal confirmed the incident.
Talking to journalists, he said that explosives seized from suspected terrorists was stored in a room of the Shaheed Aziz Balo Notal Police Station went off, leaving one police official dead and five other police personnel including a station house officer of the police station injured.
The roof of the police station collapsed due to the blast and windowpanes of nearby buildings were shattered, the DIG said.
The deceased was identified as Additional SHO Nazir Ahmed Umrani.