Monday, October 5, 2009

Blast at U.N. Office in Pakistan Kills 5

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber dressed in the uniform of one of Pakistan’s security forces struck the United Nations World Food Program offices in Islamabad on Monday, killing at least five people in what the police said was a serious breach in a building tightly guarded by private security officers.

The Pakistani interior minister, Rehman Malik, said that the bomber asked for permission to use the bathroom, walked inside, and detonated about 16 pounds of explosives in the lobby just after noon, when the compound was filled with people.

Read more at The New York Times

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