The Czech ambassador to Pakistan, Ivo Zdarek, was killed in a suicide truck bombing on the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, Pakistan's prime minister said this morning.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told reporters 53 people had been killed in yesterday evening's bombing.

"The Czech ambassador is among them. He has been identified," Mr Gilani said.

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