ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (Reuters) – At least 31 people were killed and 169 wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad on Friday, a government official said.
“The death toll in the blast has risen. A total of 31 people have lost their lives. The number of wounded brought to hospitals have risen to 169,” Islamabad’s deputy commissioner Irfan Memon said.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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