Up to 6 Saudis missing after Pakistan blast
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Up to six Saudi Arabians were missing after a suicide car bomber attacked the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Saturday, killing at least 40 people, the Saudi Arabian ambassador said.
"We had 16 nationals staying at the hotel and a few are missing ... four to six," the ambassador, Ali Awadh Asseri, told reporters.
(Editing by Robert Birsel and Kevin Liffey)
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