2 Americans die in Pakistan church attack

Two US citizens were among five people killed when two attackers hurled grenades at worshippers in a Protestant church in the Pakistani capital this morning.

The US Embassy in Islamabad confirmed the American deaths but did not release the victims' identities. The nationalities of the other three killed are still not known.

Police said 10 Americans were among some 45 injured, along with 12 Pakistanis, five Iranians, one Iraqi, one Ethiopian, and one German.

President Pervez Musharraf condemned the attack as a "ghastly act of terrorism".

After the attack, dozens of police and soldiers surrounded the Protestant International Church located in a heavily guarded diplomatic enclave about a half-mile from the US Embassy.

Ambulances rushed to the scene and rescuers scrambled to help the injured.