Explosion at World Food Program office in the Pakistani capital kills 1

World Food Program office in Pakistan bombed

ISLAMABAD — A bomb inside the offices of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital killed at least one person and wounded six others Monday, police and witnesses said.

TV footage showed smoke rising from the heavily fortified building and shattered windows.

Al-Qaida and Taliban militants have carried out scores of attacks in Pakistan over the last 2½ years, a number of them targeting foreigners and their interests. Under U.S. pressure, Pakistani security forces are targeting the extremists in their strongholds in the northwest

UN spokeswoman Ishrat Rizvi said one person was killed and six were injured. Media reports said the dead person was a foreigner.

She said it was not yet clear whether the device “was thrown or already planted.”

“I was on the upper floor when there was the sound of a huge explosion downstairs. I found many of colleagues lying on the floor full of blood,” said a WFP employee who declined to be named. “We immediately put the most critically wounded in a vehicle and rushed them to hospital”