7 including 3 foreigners killed in attack on U.S. consulate in Pakistan's Peshawar

A group of suicide bombers attacked the American consulate and killed two Pakistani security guards, one policemen, one civilian and three foreigners, police said. But they did not confirm the nationality of the foreigners.

Sources said that at least another four personnel of an American security company, who were guarding the consulate, were also injured.

The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they will launch more guerrilla wars.

The bombers, who came in two cars near the consulate gate, fired two mortars at the consulate building and fired with automatic guns and then detonated their explosive-packed vehicles.

Witnesses said that the attacks damaged parts of the highly- guarded American consulate in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP); Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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