WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The Pentagon has identified a second American killed in a bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad as a 22-year-old sailor.

Petty Officer Matthew O’Byrant, of Duluth, Georgia, was a cryptologic technician assigned to the Navy Information Operations Command at Fort Meade, Maryland, the Pentagon said.

The Pentagon has identified the other American killed in the blast as Air Force Major Rodolfo Rodriguez, 34, of El Paso, Texas.—AFP