Suicide blast kills policeman

PESHAWAR: A police guard was killed on Monday when he flung himself onto a suicide bomber to prevent him from entering a compound in Bannu, police said. The attacker was trying to enter the compound, where judges and senior police officials live and work, when the guard intercepted him. “The suicide bomber tried to enter the compound. Then the police guard saw him, grabbed him and he exploded himself,” local police official Ghafar Ali told AFP by telephone. Two other police guards were wounded in the attack. afp