FACTBOX-Security Developments In Pakistan, Jan 3

Separatist militants blew up an army vehicle with a remote-controlled bomb in Dera Bugti district.

SWAT - Militants shot dead seven people and beheaded one overnight in the northwestern Swat valley where troops have been battling Islamist insurgents since 2007, police said.

DERA BUGTI - Separatist militants blew up an army vehicle with a remote-controlled bomb in Dera Bugti district in the gas-rich southwestern province of Baluchistan, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding four, police and military officials said.

QUETTA - At least 13 people were wounded when separatist militants fired on a passenger train in Sibi district in Baluchistan province late on Friday, police and government officials said.