| GEO Pakistan | | Thirty bodies recovered from Swat | Updated at: 1804 PST, Sunday, February 01, 2009
 MENGORA: The number of dead bodies recovered from different areas of Swat has reached 30 while 15 people have died including women and children as a result of mortar shells landing on houses.
Firing on an ambulance also killed two paramedics.
According to sources, 20 bodies of unidentified people are lying in crop fields in Charbagh area which could not be lifted due to a curfew in the area.
Unknown persons opened fire at an ambulance engaged in shifting the bodies from Charbagh, killing two paramedics and wounding another.
Eight unidentified bodies were also recovered from Sangota Shakar Tangay, an area in the outskirts of Mengora.
Dead bodies of a police constable and another unidentified man were also recovered Rahimabad area of Mengora and Hazara area of Kabal respectively.
Security forces pounded militants hideouts in Charbagh. Some of the shells missed target and landed on civilian houses, killing 9 people including 3 women and 2 children.
One militant was killed in clash with security forces in Sarbanda.
People have started moving to safer locations due to unrest in Matta, Charbagh and Kabal. |  |
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