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Jun102009
UPDATED: Latest on the Peshawar Bomb Attack
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 12:11
UPDATE (10 June - 11:22 GMT): The death toll in the attack is now at least 17, including two UN employees, with 64 wounded. There were three attackers, who shot their ways onto the hotel grounds and detonated a car bomb.
A huge bomb has exploded at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, partially destroying the building and killing or injuring many. The death toll is currently 11, though the Telegraph reports that this is likely to "more than double". One report suggests that a United Nations children's agency worker may be among the fatalities. It is believed that gunmen opened fire on the security post at the hotel's gate before "a bomb brought in a vehicle in the garb of hotel supplies" was detonated in the car park. Some reports state that the bomb may have weighed as much as 500kg.
A huge bomb has exploded at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, partially destroying the building and killing or injuring many. The death toll is currently 11, though the Telegraph reports that this is likely to "more than double". One report suggests that a United Nations children's agency worker may be among the fatalities. It is believed that gunmen opened fire on the security post at the hotel's gate before "a bomb brought in a vehicle in the garb of hotel supplies" was detonated in the car park. Some reports state that the bomb may have weighed as much as 500kg.
tagged Pakistan, Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar, UN, United Nations, bomb, bombing, hotel in India & Pakistan
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