ISLAMABAD – A massive bombing ripped through a mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, CNA quoted officials as saying.
Police said they were investigating whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
There were fears the death toll from the bombing at the sprawling Islamabad mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra could climb even higher as some of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition.
Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the injured to nearby hospitals.
