4 arrested for helping Islamabad suicide bomber: Pakistan interior minister

Four people who helped facilitate Islamabad suicide bomber have been arrested, Pakistan's Minister of Interior said.

A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded almost 170 others during Friday prayers in a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, police and government officials said.

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Images from the site showed bloodied bodies lying on the carpeted mosque floor surrounded by shards of glass, debris and panicked worshippers.

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Global leaders offered condolences and condemned the attack in the strongest terms.

Funerals took place on Saturday for some of the victims of the bombing. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing.