United Nations:  Strongly condemning the car bombing outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his "total rejection of such acts of terrorism."

"The secretary general strongly condemns the car bombing outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad...(and) reiterates his total rejection of such acts of terrorism," he said in a statement.

Ban said that among the dead was a security guard at the nearby UNDP building. Six local staff of UNDP were also injured.

Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car outside the Danish embassy killing eight people and partially damaging the nearby residence of the Indian High Commissioner in the Pakistani capital, in a possible backlash over blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed published by Danish media.

The explosion caused a four-foot deep crater in the road and rattled windows of houses located several kilometres away.

No outfit has taken responsibility for the blast that caused extensive damage to the front of the private building in which the Danish embassy was housed.

Source : PTI