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More beheadings in Swat

* Taliban occupy Char Bagh police checkpost

MINGORA: Militants beheaded two more security personnel and seven civilians on Saturday, as a spokesman for pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah warned that there would be no peace in Swat until enforcement of Islamic rule.

The decapitated bodies of four security personnel were found on Friday. “Two more policemen were beheaded today (Saturday) and also seven civilians,” NWFP Home Secretary Badshah Gul Wazir said. However, reports put the unofficial death toll among police and paramilitary soldiers at 12.

Maulana Sirajuddin, spokesman for Maulana Fazlullah, confirmed that they had beheaded the security personnel. According to Aaj News, Sirajuddin later offered talks with the government to end the violence, but Wazir denied any such offer had been received.

In the morning, security personnel dropped handbills in both Pushto and Urdu from helicopters in Mingora city and surrounding rural areas. “The security personnel are in the area for protection of life and property of the local people. You are requested to back security personnel against terrorists and extremists,” they said. Also, the militants occupied Char Bagh police checkpost at Kalam Road near Mingora city late on Saturday, Aaj News reported. staff report

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