MINGORA, Sept 26: A paramilitary soldier and two policemen were injured in separate attacks by militants while a woman and her son were killed when a mortar shell hit their house on Friday.

The local Taliban loyal to hardliner cleric Maulana Fazlullah attacked a checkpost in the Wenai area of the Matta tehsil, injuring one security personnel. The militants fled after security forces returned fire.

In the Barikot bazaar area, two policemen, Javed and Rahim, and another person were injured when a suspected militant hurled a grenade on them. The injured were taken to a hospital in Barikot.

The Ghaligay police registered a case against unidentified militants.

The woman, Bagh Haram, and her 20-year-old son Rahmat Ali Jan were killed when a mortar shell hit the house of one Faramosh in the Peya village. The house was destroyed.

In Seij Banr, four people were injured when a mortar shell fell on their house.

Curfew was relaxed in Swat from 7am to 1pm on Friday.

Security forces targeted suspected militants’ positions in Kabal, Matta and Madain areas on Thursday night. However, there was no report of casualties.

Meanwhile, a Pesco press release said a task force had been established to restore power supply to the volatile Swat district in three phases.

In the first phase, a 132KV line that supplied power to Khwazakhela, Madain, Shangla and adjoining areas was restored on Sept 24. Electricity supply to these areas had been suspended since Aug 26.

In the second phase, repair of a transformer of the damaged Mingora grid station was being carried out, the press release said, adding electricity to hospitals and tubewells would be provided in a few days.

In the third phase, the grid station would be reconstructed and power would be restored to all the affected areas.