Islamabad mosque blast: Funerals on Saturday for victims of suicide attack that killed at least 31

Islamabad mourns as funerals begin for 31 victims of a devastating suicide attack on a Shiite mosque during prayers.

Funerals will take place on Saturday (February 7, 2026) 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 (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing.

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 told AFP. Muhammad Kazim, 52, said an “extremely powerful” explosion ripped through the building as prayers were just starting.

Another worshipper, Imran Mahmood, told AFP there was a gunfight between the bomber and volunteer security personnel at the mosque. “The suicide attacker was trying to move forward, but one of our injured volunteers fired at him from behind, hitting him in the thigh,” he told AFP.