Pakistan's police have arrested two men and a woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Peshawar linked to a suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Islamabad on Friday (February 6, 2026).
At least 31 people were killed and 169 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Khadijah al-Kubra mosque-cum-imambargah in the Tarlai area of Islamabad, in one of the worst terror attacks targeting the community in recent years.
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A police official said that during the operation late on Friday (February 6) night, two brothers of the alleged suicide bomber and a woman were arrested and interrogation is currently underway.
According to investigation officials, an identity card recovered from them helped establish the attacker’s identity as Yasir.
