Pakistan mosque explosion: More than 30 dead and 169 injured, officials say

At least 32 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in an explosion at a mosque during Friday prayers in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, officials say.

A suicide bomber detonated a device after approaching the Shia mosque in the Tarlai area of the city, police said.

The Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attack, in a statement posted on its Telegram channel seen by the BBC. The group also issued a picture of the alleged bomber.

Condemning the attack, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed “deep grief”. The country’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, said “targeting innocent civilians is a crime against humanity”.