Who claimed responsibility for the hotel attack that killed Carsten Thomassen?
Carsten Thomassen (journalist) Carsten Thomassen (15 May 1969 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian journalist, political commentator and war correspondent for the Norwegian daily newspaper "Dagbladet". He had earlier covered the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake from Thailand and Indonesia. He was killed in the 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Evergreen Hotel explosion On May 16, 2002 an explosion occurred at the Evergreen Hotel in Davao City, Philippines leaving American, Michael Meiring severely injured. The explosion was caused by a dynamite allegedly kept by Meiring inside his hotel room.