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ISLAMABAD-A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing six people and wounding 25, government officials said. The blast will raise fresh questions about the safety of foreigners in Pakistan, even though militant attacks have dropped off since a new government came to power after a February general election vowing to negotiate to end violence.Danish newspapers infuriated Muslims around the world when they published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in late 2005. The cartoons, considered blasphemous by Muslims, sparked deadly protests and attacks on Danish missions.The embassy in Islamabad was temporarily shut in 2006 after violent protests over the sketches.There was no claim of responsibility and while it would be premature to link the attack to the cartoons, one of which was recently reprinted in Danish newspapers, that possibility was being investigated, said Interior Ministry secretary Kamal Shah.While officials said it was a suspected suicide attack, investigators were picking through the debris in and around a three-foot (one meter) deep crater in the road outside the mission to determine the cause."There's no doubt it was a car blast. It'd be premature to say it was a suicide attack or remote-control," Shah told reporters near the embassy in an upmarket district of Islamabad where other missions and diplomats' houses are located.The blast, which came just after 1 p.m. (3:00 a.m. EDT), destroyed the embassy gate and damaged the front of the building and vehicles in the compound. It also caused extensive damage to nearby buildings and vehicles.To read more go to:
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