Two killed, 29 injured in Pakistan blast

A bomb exploded in a cinema during a screening early today in north-western Pakistan, killing two people and injuring 29 others, including a man who was suspected in the blast and arrested, police said.

The explosion struck after midnight at the cinema in Mingora, the main town in the hill resort district of Swat, about 75 miles north-east of Peshawar, said local deputy superintendent of police Kalam Khan. The area is not known to have active Islamic militants or a history of sectarian violence.