Arya News - A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 130 at a mosque in Pakistan’s capital, in the deadliest attack to hit Islamabad in nearly three years.
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 130 at a mosque in Pakistan ’s capital, in the deadliest attack to hit Islamabad in nearly three years.
The explosion went off during Friday prayers when the Imam Bargah mosque, in the Tarlai area, was packed with worshippers.
“The attacker was stopped at the gate and detonated himself,” a security source said.
A senior police official said the casualty toll was “expected to rise further.”
A injured man is taken to a hospital following an explosion at a mosque in Islamabad - Aamir Qureshi/AFP
At least 30 people were killed and more than 130 were wounded at the Imam Bargah mosque, in the Tarlai area - Shutterstock
Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister , condemned the blast, saying those behind it would be found and brought to justice.
“No one will be allowed to disseminate chaos and unrest in the country,” Mr Sharif said in a statement.
Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, called the attack “a crime against humanity”.
The explosion went off during Friday prayers when the mosque was packed with worshippers - Anjum Naveed/AP
It was the deadliest attack to hit Islamabad in nearly three years - SOHAIL SHAHZAD/EPA/Shutterstock
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, which comes as Pakistan’s security forces battle intensifying insurgencies from separatist armed groups in southern Baluchistan province and the Pakistani Taliban and other Islamist militants in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near Islamabad.
More follows.
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