The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing Attack occurred Coming_to_be on the night of 20 September 2008 , when a dump truck filled Filling with explosives was detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad , killing Killing at least 54 people , injuring Bodily_harm at least 266 and leaving Departing a 60 ft ( 20 m ) wide , 20 ft ( 6 m ) deep crater outside the hotel .

The explosion Destroying occurred Presence below the water line , and left a saucer-shaped crater on the seabed deep and across .

Whether the occupants of Bud Dajo were hostile Hostile_encounter to U.S. forces Hostile_encounter is disputed Quarreling , as inhabitants of Jolo Island had previously used Using the crater as a place of refuge during Spanish assaults Attack .

Major Hugh Scott , the District Governor of Sulu Province , where the incident Killing occurred Presence , recounted Statement that those who fled Escaping to the crater `` declared Expressing_publicly they had no intention of fighting , - ran Self_motion up there only in fright , [ and ] had some crops planted Placing and desired to cultivate them . ''

Moro men in the crater who had arms possessed Getting melee weapons .

Duncan , assaulted Committing_crime the volcanic crater of Bud Dajo ( Tausūg : `` Būd Dahu '' ) , which was populated Filling by 800 to 1,000 Tausug villagers .

Unit after unit charged Attack into and around the crater , where soldiers milled in confusion .

although initial reports blamed Judgment_communication an electrical fault for the derailment , investigation showed Statement that the derailment may have been caused Causation by an act of terrorism Terrorism ; a crater Destroying was found Know in the ground near the crash site .

hundreds of square miles were reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to wasteland , causing Causation over $ 1 billion in damage ( equivalent to $ billion today ) , thousands of animals were killed Killing , and mount st. helens was left GiveUp with a crater on its north side .

over a unk period from january 14 to january 28 , of rainfall were recorded Recording at commerson 's crater , a volcano .

The seven-story building at the seat of the blast was completely destroyed Destroying , leaving Departing only a crater , and significant damage Damaging was inflicted to the surrounding structures .

Hunter-Weston had ordered Arranging the mine to be fired early to protect Defending the advancing infantry from falling debris but this also gave Giving the Germans time to occupy Control the rear lip of the mine crater .

When British parties advanced Cause_to_make_progress across no man 's land to occupy Control the crater , they were engaged by German small-arms fire .

The success of the German defence Defending of the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt crater contributed Giving to the failure of the British attack Attack on the rest of the VIII Corps front .

The British reopened Openness the tunnel beneath the Hawthorn Ridge crater three days later and reloaded the mine with explosives for the Battle of the Ancre .

The massive explosion left Causation a crater several metres deep .