A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the UN Food Agency, World Food Programme, office in Islamabad on Monday, Oct 6. A least four persons including an Iraqi national and two women were killed and six others injured.
The heavily guarded WFP office is located in Sector F-8 in the heart of Pakistan capital. The bomber disguised as a paramilitary Frontier Corps cop gained entry into the building after telling a private security guard on duty that he wanted to use the toilet, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters.
The blast devastated the reception. UN officials and people in nearby buildings were evacuated after the blast, which occurred at 12.15 pm local time. About 80 people worked in the WFP office.
The UN also closed all its offices in Islamabad and Rawalpindi till further notice.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. However, Taliban spokesmen had recently said militants would carry out a fresh wave of suicide attacks to avenge the killing of their chief Baitullah Mehsud in a US drone attack in August.
