PAKISTANI police have launched an investigation to learn the identity of a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in an attack over the weekend on a Shiite mosque in the north-west city of Peshawar, an official said.

Pakistani police launched an investigation to learn the identity of a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in an attack on a Shiite mosque in the north-west city of Peshawar, an official said today.

An apparent suicide bombing ripped through a Shiite Muslim procession today in north-western Pakistan, killing at least eight people, injuring 40 and sparking riots during the Muslim sect’s most important holiday.

About 5,000 people gathered today for Pakistan’s biggest protest yet against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers.