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US asst Sec of State for Sth Asia visits Americans wounded in Pakistan
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca has visited Americans wounded in a deadly church attack in the Pakistani capital.
Ms Rocca cut short a trip to India to make the visit and was accompanied by Pakistan's Information Minister Nisar Memon and US ambassador Wendy Chamberlin as she visited six Americans recovering in hospital.
This came after Ms Rocca called off talks in New Delhi with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh and National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra in the wake of the bloody attack.
Among teh dead from teh attack were the wife and daughter of American diplomat Milton Green.
Ms Rocca says she will escort the bodies of the two Americans back to the United States.
Milton Green is still listed in a serious condition in another hospital, suffering multiple injuries including fractured limbs.
46 people, including two Australians were wounded in the attack.
19/03/2002 08:12:58 | ABC Radio Australia News
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