Five killed in Swat blast

PESHAWAR: A policeman and four civilians were killed in attacks on Wednesday in a mountain region with links to the leaders of a besieged mosque in the capital, officials said. The civilians were killed by a bomb blast targeting a police vehicle in the conservative but normally peaceful northwestern region of Swat, said local police officer Saeed Khan. A district police chief and his driver were also wounded in the blast, Khan said, adding that it was not clear whether a grenade was thrown at the vehicle or whether a roadside bomb went off. Earlier a rocket was fired into a police station, killing a constable and injuring two others, officials said. The blast followed calls on a private Islamist FM radio station in the area to launching jihad against government in retaliation for the mosque confrontation. staff report

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