Al-Qaida 'behind' Pakistan blast
China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-22 07:37
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Soldiers and investigators examine the crater created by a bomb blast outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad yesterday. A suicide bomber drove a truck full of explosives into the hotel on Saturday evening, killing at least 53 people, wounding about 250 and starting a fire that gutted the building. Reuters |
ISLAMABAD: The suicide bomb attack that killed 53, people, including the Czech ambassador, at Marriott Hotel on Saturday bore the hallmarks of an operation by Al-Qaida or one of its affiliates, Pakistani and US intelligence officers said yesterday.
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