Explosion at Pakistan hotel
A member of a rescue team inspects a room at the Islamabad Marriott Hotel, which was hit by a devastating truck bomb on Saturday. (Pedro Ugarte / AFP / Getty Images)
Pakistani police officers carry an injured victim after Saturday night’s explosion at a Marriott hotel in Islamabad. At least 40 were killed and hundreds injured. (B.K.Bangash / Associated Press)
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which shattered windows hundreds of yards away from the hotel. (B.K.Bangash / Associated Press)
The explosion was caused by a massive truck bomb that left a crater some 30 feet deep in front of the hotel. Witnesses said the truck rammed the large metal gate in front of the heavily guarded Marriott. (Aamir Qureshi / AFP/Getty Images)
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A Pakistani firefighter attempts to extinguish the burning facade. (Farooq Naeem / AFP/Getty Images)
Officials feared dozens more bodies remained inside the burning Marriott, a favorite place for foreigners as well as Pakistani politicians and business people to stay and socialize. The explosion happened at 8 p.m., when the hotel’s restaurants would have been packed with diners breaking the Ramadan fast. (Aamir Qureshi / AFP/Getty Images)
Employees flee from the smoke-filled lobby. (Farooq Naeem / AFP/Getty Images)
An injured man is helped from the rubble outside the hotel. (Farooq Naeem / AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani security officials collect evidence from the estimated 33-foot deep crater caused by the bomb explosion. (Anjum Naveed / Associated Press)
A Marriott hotel employee comforts her colleague at the site of a suicide bomb attack outside the hotel in Islamabad. (T. Mughal / EPA)
This file photo dated Jan. 26, 2007 shows Islamabad police securing the area of the Marriott hotel. (Olivier Matthys / EPA)