The United Nations temporarily closed its offices in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after a series of bombings and gun attacks against a political rally and a U.S. consulate killed 53 people and injured more than 120.
“We have closed our offices in North West Frontier Province for two days in view of the security situation there,” said Ishrat Rizvi, a U.N. information officer in Islamabad. “The U.N. staff has been asked to work from home.”
Six attackers on Monday launched a raid on the heavily guarded U.S. consulate in the provincial capital, Peshawar, with a barrage of suicide attacks, grenades and gunfire. They killed six security personnel and injured 20 people.
The main entrance of the US mission was damaged, but no staff member was injured. Pakistani police and soldiers killed all the assailants during the botched attempt to enter the facility.
Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article389411.ece
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