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| Pakistan restaurant hit by blast | Pakistan restaurant hit by blast |
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| A bomb blast at a restaurant in Islamabad has killed a Turkish woman and injured at least 10 other people, according to security officials. | |
| The bomb exploded at the Luna Caprese Italian restaurant in the centre of the Pakistani capital. | |
| It is the first attack that has apparently targeted foreigners in Islamabad since 2002, analysts say. | It is the first attack that has apparently targeted foreigners in Islamabad since 2002, analysts say. |
| Two foreign diplomats, one from the US and one from the UK, were among the injured, their governments said. | Two foreign diplomats, one from the US and one from the UK, were among the injured, their governments said. |
| Those injured also include nationals from Japan, Canada and Turkey, officials say. Five are US nationals, according to police. | |
| 'Deafening' | |
| Witnesses said Saturday evening's explosion occurred in a garden at the back of the restaurant, leaving a crater in the ground and blowing out the windows. | Witnesses said Saturday evening's explosion occurred in a garden at the back of the restaurant, leaving a crater in the ground and blowing out the windows. |
| Part of the back wall of the restaurant also collapsed. | |
| "It was deafening," Tariq Mahmood, a waiter at the restaurant, told Reuters news agency. | |
| "We pulled out at least eight people from the wreckage. Most of them were foreigners," he said. | "We pulled out at least eight people from the wreckage. Most of them were foreigners," he said. |
| Police evacuated the restaurant and closed off the building following the explosion. | Police evacuated the restaurant and closed off the building following the explosion. |
| Islamabad and nearby Rawalpindi have been the scene of several recent attacks on government and military personnel. | |
| They have been blamed on pro-Taleban militants fighting the Pakistani army in the country's tribal regions near the border with Afghanistan. | |
| Luna Caprese is located in a busy shopping area, and is one of the few restaurants that serve alcohol in Islamabad. | |
| There have been concerns raised recently by security officials over the lack of protection of such venues, the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan reports from Pakistan. | |
| Foreigners, especially those from Western countries, were advised last year to stay away from public places and popular restaurants, he says. | |
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