ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Defence minister, Khawaja Asif on Friday said the deadly explosion at a mosque in Islamabad was a suicide attack and that the attacker had previously travelled to Afghanistan.
In a post on X, Asif said those responsible for killing worshippers in a mosque were “enemies of religion and the country,” adding that the militant involved in the attack had been present in Afghanistan.
According to Asif, Pakistani security forces confronted the attacker before he detonated explosives among the last rows of worshippers.
He added that Pakistan must eliminate what he described as “terrorist camps inside Afghanistan” and said the government would respond to the attack with full force.
The explosion occurred during Friday prayers, killing at least 31 people and injuring 169 others. Officials warned the death toll could rise.