the pakistani newspaper source geo states that the first explosion started at 9 : 05 local time ( 0505 m ) , with the first blasts occurring minutes before . the explosions came at the adjacent lobby of the marriott hotel in karachi , about 60 foot ( 18 meters ) from the consulate portal . damage to the building as severely as over 40 nearby vehicles was also reports . the associated press reports that the same consulate has been targets first in the recent past : an attack in 2002 left 14 pakistanis dead , and in 2004 authorities unexploded a time bomb before it was set to detonation .
There is a Marriott Hotel in London.