Pakistan Hotel Suicide Blast Kills 11, Including UN Aid Worker

[Jesus Jones]

June 9 (Bloomberg) -- A United Nations worker and as many as 10 other people were killed in a bomb attack on a hotel popular with foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis in Peshawar, in the country’s northwest, said media reports and the UN.

Television pictures showed the front of the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel a shattered wreck of twisted steel and collapsed concrete slabs, as bloodied guests and workers staggered to waiting ambulances.

Suicide attackers in a pickup truck entered the hotel compound spraying security guards with gunfire before slamming the vehicle into the building and detonating the charge, Agence France-Presse reported. No one claimed immediate responsibility for the blast, according to news agency reports.

The attack is the seventh deadly bombing in Peshawar in a month, as fears grow that Taliban militants are exacting revenge for a punishing six-week military offensive against them in three northwest districts, AFP said.



“Eleven people have been killed,” Malik Naveed, provincial police chief, told AFP. “The toll is likely to rise.”

Pakistan Hotel Suicide Blast Kills 11, Including UN Aid Worker - Bloomberg.com

[crazy dog]

Peaceful religion my arse!