Islamabad: An explosion tore through a small hotel in Pakistan's capital late Thursday, wounding at least five people, police said.
Islamabad police chief Mohammed Binyamin said an initial investigation indicated the explosion was caused by a gas leak, not by a bomb.
The blast took place on the fourth floor of a hotel on the main commercial street in Islamabad, blowing out windows and throwing chunks of concrete onto cars in the parking lot in front of the building.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, September 30, 2011, 00:17