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| Six UK nationals, including one child, were injured in the bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the Foreign Office has said. | Six UK nationals, including one child, were injured in the bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the Foreign Office has said. |
| Three of the injured are members of staff from the British High Commission. | Three of the injured are members of staff from the British High Commission. |
| A local member of staff was also injured, said a spokesman. | A local member of staff was also injured, said a spokesman. |
| The authorities in Pakistan now say that 53 people died and 266 were wounded after a suspected suicide bomber blew up a truck outside the hotel, popular with foreign residents. | The authorities in Pakistan now say that 53 people died and 266 were wounded after a suspected suicide bomber blew up a truck outside the hotel, popular with foreign residents. |
| Foreign Secretary David Miliband has spoken with the High Commissioner in Islamabad to pass on his support "at this difficult time" and has praised his staff for their professional response, the Foreign Office said. | |
| "My best wishes for a speedy recover go out to those injured in this horrendous attack: not only to the High Commission staff who have been injured while serving the UK overseas, but to all those affected by the atrocity," said Mr Miliband. |