A suicide bomber killed dozens of people and injured more than 160 during Friday prayers at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, authorities said.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack via two posts on its Telegram channel, and included the name and picture of the alleged bomber. CNN was unable to immediately verify the image.
The death toll stood at 32 as of Saturday afternoon, according to police in Islamabad.
IS said the attacker shot guards who tried to stop him before detonating his explosive vest. In its statement the group warned that “there is still more to come.”
This was the deadliest attack in the country since January 2023, when a blast at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed more than 100 people.
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