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Blast Hits World Food Office In Islamabad

October 05 2009

Pakistan

Four people died when a suicide bomber attacked a United Nations office in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, reports Agence France-Presse.

The bomber was able to infiltrate the strict security measures surrounding the offices of the World Food Program and detonated about 17 pounds (8 kg) of explosives, officials said.

Three Pakistanis and an Iraqi national were reported among the dead. Another six people were wounded in the attack, said Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman...

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