ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Investigators looked for clues Saturday in crude, homemade rocket launchers used to attack U.N. and U.S. missions here, while Pakistan's top Islamic militant group denied any hand in the blasts.
Armed police were posted and razor wire strung around U.S. and U.N. facilities throughout the country after Friday's attack, in which six rockets were fired in quick succession at the missions and at government buildings in the Pakistani capital.The attack came just before U.N. sanctions were to be imposed Sunday against the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan to force them to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden for trial.
The Taliban, who have condemned the rocket assault, have refused to surrender bin Laden and made a last-minute request Saturday for the United Nations to delay the imposition.
The many Islamic militant groups in Pakistan have also expressed sympathy for the Taliban, and some have vowed to defend bin Laden against the United Nations and United States.
But the biggest of the groups, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, said Saturday that none of the country's Islamic groups was behind the attacks and blamed the assault on neighboring India.