At least four US FBI agents were among the injured in a bomb attack at a popular restaurant in Pakistan, ABC television reported Sunday. A Turkish aid worker died and at least 10 other foreigners were wounded, including several US diplomats, in the blast at the Luna Caprese Italian eatery in Islamabad on Saturday evening.
"This was the first attack in which foreigners have been targeted in Islamabad since 2002 and it shows a new trend," a top security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
ABC, which did not identify its source on the online report, said that "multiple sources said that the attack was under investigation to see whether it was based on the terrorists having learned in advance of the agents' presence.
"In Washington, meanwhile, officials downplayed the possibility that the attack specifically targeted the agents based on advance intelligence," the ABC report added. The US State Department, reached for comment Sunday, did not immediately confirm or deny the report of FBI staff being injured.