Norw. journalist dies from wounds, Afghanistan

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Source: VG (Norwegian)

A journalist from the paper Dagbladet, Carsten Thomassen (38), died tonight from the wounds he received during a suicide attack at the hotel Serena in Kabul.



The experienced journalist was wounded badly when four heavily armed men in uniforms stormed the Serena hotel with suicide jackets, grenades and AK-47's, just before 3 midday local Norwegian time.

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The journalist was following the Norw. FM Jonas Gahr Støre during a visit in Afghanistan when he was seriously wounded(.)
Six other people were also killed, international agencies reports.

Edit: typo



Read more: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=506433

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BBC link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7187592.stm

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1. BBC link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7187592.stm

Four Taleban fighters have attacked a hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, used by aid workers and diplomats.

Casualty figures are unclear, but a Norwegian reporter was killed in the attack on the Serena hotel.

There was at least one explosion, which the Taleban say was caused by one of their men detonating a "suicide jacket", as well as shooting.

Guests, who included the Norwegian foreign minister, took refuge in a cellar to escape the militants.