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At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, Reuters reported citing a rescue group and a regional police official.
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.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in a statement expressed "deep grief and sorrow over the suicide blast".
The police said an operation had been launched to arrest anyone who may have assisted in the attack.