Forensics carried out an investigation in a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday (February 6) after a suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded almost 170 others during prayers.

Two police officials said the attacker was stopped at the gate of the mosque before detonating the bomb.

A large blood stain was seen outside the mosque’s entrance.

The attack was the deadliest suicide bombing in Islamabad in more than a decade, according to conflict monitor ACLED.

Shi'ites, who are in the minority in the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation of 241 million, have been targeted in sectarian violence in the past, including by Islamic State and the Sunni Islamist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

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VIDEO SHOWS: FORENSICS WORKING AT SCENE OF SUICIDE BOMBING AT ISLAMABAD MOSQUE

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SHOWS: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (FEBRUARY 6, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. GATE OPENING, PEOPLE WALKING IN, SOLDIERS AND POLICE GUARDING ENTRANCE / GATE CLOSING

2. VARIOUS OF FORENSICS WORKING

3. BLOOD STAIN ON FLOOR, POLICE OUTSIDE MOSQUE

4. FORENSICS COMING OUT OF GATE

5. FORENSICS INSPECTING AREA OUTSIDE MOSQUE, MEDIA GATHERED

6. FORENSICS INSPECTING AREA

7. ONLOOKERS, SOLDIERS AT SCENE

8. CARS DRIVING IN, SOLDIERS AND POLICE GUARDING ENTRANCE / GATE CLOSING