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Rocket hits luxury hotel in Afghan capital (1st Lead)
Nov 21, 2009, 13:48 GMT
Kabul (dap) - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said.
The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman said, but could not give further details.
The private Tolo television channel, reporting from the scene, said seven people were wounded when the rocket struck.
'We heard a large explosion outside the hotel and the smoke is still coming out from an area close the hotel,' one of the foreign guests staying at the hotel told German Press Agency dpa.
The Serena, Kabul's only five-star hotel, is popular among foreign diplomats and journalists. The facility has been attacked before. Two rockets landed in the hotel's garden and a nearby park late last month, but caused no casualties.
In January 2008, three Taliban militants equipped with automatic rifles and suicide vests stormed the hotel, killing six people.
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