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6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The car-bomb attack on the Danish Embassy that killed eight people appears to have been carried out by a suicide bomber, Pakistani investigators and diplomats at Western embassies in Islamabad said Tuesday. (article 7)
Pakistan's border regions are considered havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants believed behind attacks on U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan and a series of blasts in Pakistan in the past year. (article 9)
Pakistan's government, in office for just two months, has been pursuing peace deals with the militants, a shift away from the U.S.-backed military tactics employed by President Pervez Musharraf. (article 9)
The blast is likely to lead to Western pressure on Pakistan's new government to roll back its policy of trying to strike deals with militant groups instead of using military force. (article 2)
Danish authorities said the terror network or one of its affiliates was likely behind the explosion, which came just weeks after the terrorist group threatened Denmark over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad reprinted earlier this year in newspapers in that country. (article 6)
It was the second bombing in less than three months aimed at foreigners or foreign interests in Islamabad. (article 3)
At least five to six cars were destroyed in the blast which tore the facade of the front of the building and demolished the front gate. (article 1)
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Source articles
- ABC News: Suicide Bombing Kills Eight in Pakistan (ABCNews, 06/02/2008, 340 words)
- 6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 376 words)
- Pakistan bomb blast kills 6 (L.A. Times, 06/03/2008, 700 words)
- Al Qaeda linked to Danish embassy attack (CNN, 06/03/2008, 704 words)
- Six die in blast at Danish Embassy in Islamabad (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 817 words)
- Denmark: Al-Qaida likely behind bomb in Pakistan (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 379 words)
- Pakistan Calls Embassy Blast Suicide Attack (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 465 words)
- Denmark: Al-Qaida likely behind bomb in Pakistan (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 353 words)
- 6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 552 words)
- Islambad: emboldened militants' head-on attack on the West (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 303 words)
- Eyewitness: 'Screams all over' (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 244 words)
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