3 suspected militants blow themselves up in PoK

Three suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up after being cornered by police in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir though there were no casualties.

The police launched a search in PoK capital Muzaffarabad after it was reported that three men had dumped a bag of weapons on a road in the town.

The trio blew themselves up after police surrounded them in Sarar village on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad.

A crowd gathered near the field where the bodies were lying. Police officials said they had found two heads and a torso.

Some officials said the three men could have been militants who fled South Waziristan after the army launched an operation there against the Taliban.

Militants have carried out a wave of suicide bombings across Pakistan in recent weeks but there have been no attacks in PoK.

Two soldiers were killed in the first suicide attack in PoK in June.