Al-Qaida claims 'Danish-embassy bomb'

An al-Qaida group has purportedly claimed responsibility for the suicide attack earlier this week against Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead.

An al-Qaida group has purportedly claimed responsibility for the suicide attack earlier this week against Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead.

An internet message says the attack was carried out to fulfil Osama bin Laden’s promise of revenge over the reprinting in Danish papers of a cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed.

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