ISLAMABAD: A police officer was killed, while four suspects were arrested in a series of overnight raids conducted by police following a deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad, officials said on Saturday, with Daesh (Islamic States) claiming responsibility for the attack. Officials said 31 people died in the blast at the Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque in the Tarlai Kallan area on Islamabad’s outskirts on Friday, with scores more being treated for injuries.

Rescue teams reach the site after blast reported at a mosque in Tarlai Kalan during Friday prayers.

A suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Islamabad kills 31 and injures many during Friday prayers, emergency declared.