A suicide blast claimed by the Islamic State group (IS) at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad killed at least 31 people on Friday, with 169 more wounded in the deadliest attack in Pakistan's capital since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing. Pics/AFP
Updated On: 2026-02-08 11:05 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The blast occurred at Friday prayers, when mosques around the country are packed with worshippers. "The attacker was stopped at the gate and detonated himself," a security source told AFP
IS said one of its militants had targeted the congregation, detonating an explosive vest and "inflicting a large number of deaths and injuries", according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist communications
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed that those behind the blast would be found and brought to justice
The attack was the deadliest in the Pakistani capital since September 2008, when 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb blast that destroyed part of the five-star Marriott hotel
