Taliban operatives shot their way into the luxury Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar on Tuesday and detonated a truck bomb inside, killing at least 5 people and wounding at least 70 others.
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Officials said 5 gunmen took part in the attack and that the bomb was set off in front of the main lobby. One of the dead was identified as a United Nations aid worker. The Taliban are assumed to be behind the attack as they had warned of planned retaliation for a government sweep against them in the Swat region. As yet, no specific claim of responsibility has been made. In September, a similar attack with a similar explosive load killed 55 people at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.