In Saturday’s suicide truck bomb attack, two US marines and the ambassador to the Czech Republic were killed. The dead body of the deceased ambassador was sent back to his country on Monday afternoon. The Danish ambassador is reportedly missing and the search for dead bodies from the debris of the Marriott Hotel is underway. So far the number of dead recovered from Marriott hotel is 70 in number including a large number of security guards and drivers who were present, local and state-owned media report.
Two days prior to the suicide bomb attack, US embassy officials had shifted a few large boxes to the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The boxes were taken inside the hotel without any security check, sources have said.
According to the Security Advisor to Prime Minister, Mr. Rehman Malik, members of Parliament were programmed to have Aftar dinner in the Marriott but the program was changed and the dinner for them was hosted in the Prime Minister’s Islamabad House on Saturday evening.
No group has claimed responsibility for suicide truck bomb attack on the Marriott. Mr. Rehman Malik says that entry of trucks in Islamabad is banned now for security reasons.
According to an AFP report, investigators are searching for an Alqaeida cell in Islamabad responsible for preparing a truck bomb, which was used to attack the Marriott Hotel Islamabad.
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