Thread: Terrorist attack U.N. Offices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8290059.stm

A suspected suicide bomber has attacked a United Nations office in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, killing at least three people and injuring at least six.

A foreigner is said to be among those killed in the blast at the World Food Programme offices.

Last week at least 16 people died in two suicide car bomb attacks in north-western Pakistan.

Correspondents say a string of recent bomb attacks show the Taliban appear to be reasserting themselves.

'A huge explosion downstairs'

Local television TV footage showed smoke rising from the heavily fortified UN building and shattered windows.

The explosion appeared to have been in the basement of offices, senior police official Tahir Alam told the BBC outside the WFP.

The Associated Press quoted an unnamed female WFP employee as saying: "I was on the upper floor when there was the sound of a huge explosion downstairs.

"I found many of colleagues lying on the floor full of blood. We immediately put the most critically wounded in a vehicle and rushed them to hospital."

This is said to be the most serious attack in least three months to take place in the city, and security has been tightened across Islamabad.

The WFP said three of its staff members had been confirmed dead and several others had been injured - two were in a critical condition.

WFP deputy executive director Amir Abdulla, described the attack as "a terrible tragedy for WFP, and for the whole humanitarian community in Pakistan".

"Our deepest condolences go to the family, friends and colleagues of those who died or were injured in this incident.

"These were people working to assist the poor and the vulnerable on the frontlines of hunger in Pakistan."

Originally Posted by rock_lobster

Originally Posted by Tick

Any of you (and you know who you are) care to try and justify this?

Obama > Bush?

What?