Swat Peace Rally Death Toll Rises to 17 as Hospital Deaths Update Initial Police Count

Mid-day reporting from August 3 confirms three additional fatalities following the Sunday blast near a Kabal police station, superseding earlier figures.

The confirmed fatality count from the explosion at the Swat Peace Rally has risen to 17, according to reporting published by Mid-day on August 3. This figure supersedes the initial assessment of seven deaths provided by Swat Police and carried by Hindustan Times on August 2. The update establishes a new baseline for the incident in Kabal Town, Swat district, where an explosive device detonated during a scheduled public demonstration on Sunday [1][3].

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