Many bodies were scattered: survivor of Pakistan suicide blast that killed 31
Funerals will take place on Saturday for some of the victims of a suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad that killed at least 31 people and wounded scores more during Friday prayers. The Islamic State group (Isis) has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott…
City officials said 31 people died and another 169 were wounded in the explosion at the Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque on the city’s outskirts. The death toll was expected to rise.
The blast occurred during Friday prayers, when mosques are packed with worshippers.
“The attacker was stopped at the gate and detonated himself,” a security source said.
Muhammad Kazim, 52, said an “extremely powerful” explosion ripped through the building as prayers were just starting.
