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Mosque bomb attack
Derby Telegraph
|February 07, 2026
A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, officials said.
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Scenes in the aftermath of the bombing
Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in critical condition.
Rescuers and witnesses described a harrowing scene, with bodies and wounded lying on the mosque’s carpeted floor. Hussain Shah said he was praying in the mosque courtyard when he heard a sudden, loud explosion.
This story is from the February 07, 2026 edition of Derby Telegraph.
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