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. An injured man is taken to a hospital following an explosion at a mosque in Islamabad on Friday. A bombing in Islamabad in November, which killed 12, was the deadliest suicide attack to rock the city in nearly two decades. “It was a horrible scene of my life which I could never have imagined,” 24-year-old Shoaib told CNN from PIMS Hospital Islamabad, where he was visiting his wounded cousin.

Source: Egypt Independent February 07, 2026 15:16 UTC