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All roads lead to Waziristan: Malik

* Interior adviser says 600kg RDX, TNT explosives used in Marriott bombing
* Czech envoy among four foreigners killed
* Danish intelligence official missing after bombing
* Six suspects arrested

ISLAMABAD: Preliminary investigation of Saturday’s devastating truck bombing in the federal capital suggests a strong connection with South Waziristan Agency, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on Sunday.

“It is premature to blame any particular group or individual, but all roads lead to Waziristan,” he told reporters at a press conference.

Malik said the six-wheeler dumper used in the attack carried 600 kilogrammes of RDX and TNT explosives, along with splinters, mortars, artillery rounds, mines and aluminium powder – which caused the fire.

He denied media reports that the hotel was not the intended target. Fifty-three people including four foreigners had been killed in the attack, Malik said, and 266 including 13 foreigners had been injured.

Czech ambassador: The Czech ambassador and his Vietnamese partner were among the dead. The Czech army chief will arrive in Islamabad today (Monday) to take the body home. The United States Defence Department said two American soldiers assigned to the US embassy were also killed in the blast.

Danish official: A Danish intelligence official was missing, the Danish Foreign minister said. To a question, Malik said even the presence of American Marines at the hotel did not justify killing of innocent people.

Malik rejected FBI assistance and said Pakistani security agencies were capable of handling the probe.

A US official at the Guantanamo naval base told Reuters “the attack certainly bears all the hallmarks of... Al Qaeda or its associates”.

Six suspects: Online said six suspects from FATA had been held. An investigation team searched the hotel and a Rs 10 million reward was announced on information leading to the planners. tahir niaz/agencies

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