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Four foreigners killed in Pakistan hotel blast

Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:44pm IST
 
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Four foreigners, two Americans, a Czech and a Vietnamese national, were killed in a suicide truck bomb attack on a hotel in the Pakistani capital, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

In all 53 people were killed and 266 were wounded, top ministry official Rehman Malik told a news conference. Eleven foreigners were among the wounded in the Saturday evening attack on the Marriott Hotel, he said.

People light candles at a vigil to commemorate the victims of last year's militant attacks in Mumbai, in front of the India Gate in New Delhi November 26, 2009. Mumbai held tearful memorials and police staged a show of strength on Thursday as India's financial hub marked the first anniversary of militant raids that killed 166 people and pushed up tensions with Pakistan. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
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