Thousands gathered on Saturday for the funerals of victims of a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 31 people and wounded 169 others in Pakistan’s capital. Friday’s attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group, was the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing. A security source told AFP that the attacker blew himself up after he was stopped at the mosque’s gate. A worshipper, Imran Mahmood, told AFP that there was a gunfight between the bomber and volunteer security personnel. Friday’s attack was the deadliest in Islamabad since September 2008, when 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb blast that destroyed part of the five-star Marriott hotel.
