ISLAMABAD, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - A suicide bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Pakistan's hotel on Saturday killed at least 52 people, local officials said on Sunday.
A suicide truck bomber attacked the Marriott hotel, a place favored by foreign tourists and journalists, on Saturday evening, starting a fire that swept through the building. The attack occurred just hours after Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari pledged tough measures to root out terrorism.
Earlier reports said that at least 45 people were killed and 250 wounded in the blast.
The blast destroyed the entire front section of the hotel and left a crater of up to 6 meters (20 feet) in front of the hotel's gates.
No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
