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| Police killed in Swat bomb attack | Police killed in Swat bomb attack |
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| Police say a suicide bomber has driven an explosives-laden vehicle into a police compound in north-west Pakistan, killing at least two policemen. | Police say a suicide bomber has driven an explosives-laden vehicle into a police compound in north-west Pakistan, killing at least two policemen. |
| A number of militants opened fire on the compound in Mingora in Swat valley before the bomber attacked, police say. | |
| More than 30 people were injured, some of them seriously. | More than 30 people were injured, some of them seriously. |
| Meanwhile at least one missile has been fired from a suspected US drone at a house in South Waziristan. Officials cannot confirm reports of casualties. | |
| Correspondents say the security situation in Swat has been steadily deteriorating since the breakdown in the summer of a peace agreement between the government and pro-Taleban cleric Maulana Fazlullah. | Correspondents say the security situation in Swat has been steadily deteriorating since the breakdown in the summer of a peace agreement between the government and pro-Taleban cleric Maulana Fazlullah. |
| The Swat valley, Pakistan's most famous tourist destination, has been the scene of an insurgency by his followers since 2007. | The Swat valley, Pakistan's most famous tourist destination, has been the scene of an insurgency by his followers since 2007. |
| They want to enforce his version of Islamic Sharia law in the region. | They want to enforce his version of Islamic Sharia law in the region. |