Claire Mackay; 21/9/08
A massive suicide bombing outside the five-star Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad has killed at least 40 people and injured more than 200. Police say a truck packed with a tonne of explosives blew up at the entrance of the hotel in a huge explosion that killed dozens of people instantly. The explosion left a six-metre deep crater and started a fire which engulfed the hotel. Buildings several kilometres away had windows blown out from the impact
See: http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/default.htm
Rescuers search Pakistan blast site
21/9/08
Rescue workers are searching through the smouldering remains of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad after a truck-bomb attack killed at least 52 people and left more than 200 injured. Recovery teams pulled out at least four more bodies on Sunday and feared that more would be found in the wreckage of the hotel. The interior ministry said an American and a German were among 15 foreigners killed. Officials said they were worried that the building, which burned through the night after Saturday’s blast ruptured a gas pipeline, might collapse. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers ringed the scene in the Pakistani capital, while army bulldozers cleared rubble from nearby streets.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/ 200892154719180391.html
