A SUICIDE bomberattacked a crowded Shi’ite mosque south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad yesterday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more in the latest carnage to hit the US-allied nation, officials said.

A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad today, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more in the latest carnage to hit the US-allied nation, officials said.

Police in Pakistan were today trying to identify a body that they believe could be the attacker who launched the grenade attack on an Islamabad church, killing five people and injuring more than 45, including five Britons.

Two attackers have hurled grenades into a Protestant church in Pakistan killing five people and wounding about 40.