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Bomb Explodes Outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP)  A deadly car bomb attack outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has killed six people. The attack came just weeks after an al-Qaida leader urged attacks against Denmark for newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Danish Prime Minister said in Copenhagen that ``We will not give in to terrorists."

And the Danish foreign minister said there's no way of immediately knowing the motive for the attack. He said the prophet cartoons were among several possible reasons.

Denmark faced threats at its embassies after a dozen newspapers in February reprinted a depiction of Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban. That and other images in a Danish paper sparked riots in the Muslim world in 2006.

Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet for fear it could lead to idolatry.

In April, embassy personnel from the Netherlands shifted to a luxury hotel in Islamabad due to concerns following the release of a film critical of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, by a Dutch parliament member.

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