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Explosion rocks hotel in Pakistan’s capital

The Columbian
Published: September 28, 2011, 5:00pm

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say an explosion has ripped through a small hotel in Pakistan’s capital, wounding at least two people.

Police officer Mohammed Afzal says the blast happened Thursday night in Islamabad.

An AP reporter on scene says the explosion took place on the fourth floor of the hotel. It blew out windows in the building, and debris fell onto cars in the parking below.

The hotel is on the main commercial street in the Pakistan capital.

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