Suicide attack at Danish embassy in Pakistan kills up to eight

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ISLAMABAD (AFP) — A suicide car bomb outside Denmark's embassy in Pakistan killed up to eight people including a Danish citizen Monday in a possible new backlash over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, officials and state media said.

The massive blast also injured 27 people, damaged the mission in central Islamabad and nearly destroyed a nearby UN agency. Dozens of cars were wrecked by the force of the explosion, which gouged a huge crater out of the road.

There was no claim of responsibility but officials said the attack was likely linked to the row over the Mohammed sketches, which Danish newspapers first published in 2005 and then reprinted in February.

Pakistan Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said the "dastardly" bombing "could be a reaction to...