Group claiming terror attack on Islamabad hotel vows more attacks
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Sept 25, IRNA
Pakistan-Militant group
A group calling itself 'Fedayan-e-Islam' and claimed responsibility for the truck suicide attack on Marriot Hotel Wednesday said it would carry more attacks on American targets.
A suicide bomber exploded his truck packed with 600 kg of explosives at the main entry gate of the, killing at least 60 people, including the ambassador of Czech Republic, and wounding around 260.
A text message sent to media in Islamabad rejected the claim of U.S. Defence department, the Pentagon, that only two of its service men were killed in deadly bombing of Islamabad's Marriot Hotel.
"Fidayan e Islam reject Pentagon's claim that only two U.S.
Marines were killed in the Marriot blast, " said the English language message, sent to Pakistani media by a man introduced himself Ahmed Shah Abdali.
"In fact three top floors of Marriot were full of marines, NATO high ranking officials, European diplomats and FBI agents. Secondly all those who will facilitate Americans and NATO crusaders like Hashwani (Agha-Khani) they will keep on receiving the blows," the spokesman of Fidayan-e-Islam said.
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