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Suicide blast in Islamabad
September 20, 2008
The President's House is located near the 290-room hotel which is a popular haunt among foreigners.The blast was so powerful that the windowpanes of nearby buildings broke down. The blast was heard over a distance of a kilometre. The explosion destroyed two dozen cars parked outside the hotel and uprooted trees and sparked a fire in the hotel.
Bystanders walk over the wreckage of cars in front of the hotel
Photographs: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
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