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Suicide car bomber targeted Danish embassy in capital, Islamabad

Attack damaged part of the building and killed at least eight people, police said

A child and at least one foreign national died in the massive blast

Danish embassy scene of pro-*test*-('")s last year over Muhammed cartoons row
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber targeted the Danish Embassy in Pakistan Monday, killing at least eight people in a massive blast heard more than two miles away, authorities said.


The scene of devastation in Islamabad Monday after a suicide car bomb attack near the Danish Embassy.

1 of 3 A young child and at least one foreign national were among the dead in the massive blast in the capital city of Islamabad, medical personnel said. At least five others were hurt.

The casualty figures are preliminary, and police cautioned they may rise.

The blast sheared off the embassy's front wall and kicked in its metal front gate. The impact blew out the building's windows and also damaged a house across the street. The Danish and the EU flag, knocked off their staff, hung limply from a spot on the embassy balcony.

The embassy is in a residential area, with a scattering of offices housing multinational companies.

Rescue workers carried away a bloodied person, covering his body with a blanket.
Watch the aftermath of the deadly attack

It was the first deadly attack in Islamabad since a bomb was hurled over a wall surrounding an Italian restaurant on March 15. That explosion killed a Turkish woman and wounded 12 people, including four U.S. FBI agents.

Police said the target of the attack was the embassy.

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Danish embassies in predominantly Muslim countries, such as Pakistan, have been the scene of pro-*test*-('")s since Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons that Muslims say insult their prophet.

In February, several newspapers in Denmark reprinted the controversial cartoons of Islam's prophet, Muhammad, after Danish authorities arrested several people who allegedly were plotting a "terror-related assassination" of the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.

Westergaard's cartoon depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse. He said he wanted his drawing to say that some people exploited the prophet to legitimize terror. However, many in the Muslim world interpreted the drawing as depicting their prophet as a terrorist.

Islam generally forbids any depiction of the prophet -- even favorable ones -- fearing that it may lead to idolatry.

Two years ago, demonstrations erupted across the world after some newspapers printed the same cartoons. Some pro-*test*-('")s turned deadly.

The pro-*test*-('")s prompted Danish officials to temporarily close the embassy in Islamabad.


There were no immediate claims of responsibility for Monday's blast. In the past, authorities have blamed Islamic militants for carrying out attacks inside Pakistani cities.

The country experienced a month-long lull in attacks after a new government took office in March and set on a course to negotiate with militants. But since then, attacks have picked up again.


CNN's Reza Sayah contributed to this report.

All because of that fuck who painted our Holy prophet Muhammed as a suicide bomber, I hope he dies in a slow dead, and burn in hell.

Like these?

What is the purpose of doing that? Do you think I care what a "ugly atheist greek" posts? I have respect for christianity, you will never see me insulting christianity. That's the what I learned from Islam.

No its the fault of those fucks that planned and planted the bombs.

are you saying that this reaction is acceptable ????

nvm...

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Sad how old indoctrinated fundamentalist coward preachers can convince young ignorant people to throw away their lives to make a completely brainless statement.

But what can you do when those old crazy bastards are the only ones who even gives a shit about these kids??

DEFECT.

To be honest, I was hoping you would go blow you're self up.

Yep, another great PR coup for Islam

To those cowards who send young men to commit cold bloodied murder in the name of God must be reminded the same God will be judging them.

As for this crude drawing...



Whoever can remember Alcan from the old form, I can remember very well that he posted that with the actual published cartoons there were additional drawings that were added by whomever circulated them around the mid-east. Sure, the published cartoons would have been enough for those mad mullahs to fire up the region. But I think the portrayal of Mohamed as a dog would have made sure of a furor rather than just a pic like this on its own:

Stupid SOBs...