Two killed in suicide attack in Pakistani capital

ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) A suicide bomber killed a security guard and himself in an attack outside the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad today, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.

There was a wrecked car on the road at the side of the hotel, and a Reuters journalist saw blood and flesh scattered over the tarmac.

''It was a suicide attack. The bomber and one security official of the hotel were killed,'' Sherpao told Reuters.

Police cordoned off the area and sirens wailed through the district, where many government buildings are located.

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