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Three killed by bomb in Pakistan


    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb went off outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday killing at least three people and wounding several, a Reuters witness said.

    The blast destroyed the embassy gate and damaged thebuilding and vehicles in the compound in the up-market districtof Islamabad where other missions and diplomats houses arelocated.

    "It was a bomb blast. We have three dead and threewounded," said a city official at the scene, Rana Akbar.

    Reuters correspondent Kamran Haider said one body was justinside the gate of the embassy and two were outside.

    The blast, apparently caused by a car bomb, left a craterabout three feet (one metre) deep on the road, Haider said.

    Television pictures showed considerable damage to themission and nearby buildings and vehicles. One of the deadappeared to be a Pakistani guard.

    Danish newspapers infuriated Muslims around the world whenthey published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in late 2005.

    (Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)