A suspected suicide bombing today killed at least 11 people and wounded 43 others at a hotel near Islamabad’s Red Mosque, after religious students occupied the mosque and demanded the return of its pro-Taliban cleric.

A large explosion went off near Islamabad’s Red Mosque today, officials said.

Hundreds of religious students protested today at Islamabad’s Red Mosque and blocked Pakistan’s government-appointed cleric from leading prayers at its planned reopening, more than two weeks after a bloody army siege left more than 100 dead.