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Danish Embassy Bomb Kills 8 in Pakistan

Posted Jun 2, 08 7:00 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad today, reports the BBC. At least one embassy worker was among the dead, but no Danish nationals. The attack may be linked to a series of threats on Danish embassies since a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, considered offensive to Islam, was reprinted in Danish newspapers in February.

Observers suspect al-Qaeda involvement; the terrorist cell's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, recently denounced the cartoons in a video. Pakistan's primary militant group declared a ceasefire with the new leadership recently. Denmark also has 700 troops fighting the Taliban in nearby Afghanistan.

Source BBC

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A Pakistani security official stands amid the rubble of the adjacent building and cars after a bomb explosion outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, June 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A man injured in a bomb blast outside the Danish Embassy is treated at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, June 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Crushed cars are seen outside the adjacent building of the Danish Embassy after a bomb explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, June 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Map locates Islamabad, Pakistan, where an explosion near the Danish embassy killed at least eight.   (AP Photo)
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