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Funerals for 31 people killed in Islamabad mosque blast begin

Mourners carry the coffin of a Shiite Muslim during funeral rites, a day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad on February 7, 2026. [AFP]

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 (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing.

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