Four killed in Swat blasts: officials

Two policemen were killed as they tried to defuse a roadside bomb in Swat, while two suspected militants died in a blast at their house, officials said. A police patrol spotted the roadside bomb planted near Charbagh village on the main road through the valley, local police officer Jan Bahadur said.
“A police bomb disposal unit was trying to defuse it when it exploded, killing two officials and wounding two others,” Bahadur told AFP. The police official added that two militants were killed overnight in an explosion in their house in Kabal district in the Swat region. “They were probably making a bomb when it exploded prematurely, killing the house owner and another man staying with him,” Bahadur said.