Pakistani police launch probe into identity of mosque suicide bomber

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.

Meanwhile, the chief minister of North West Frontier Province, of which Peshawar is the capital, called for calm amid fears the bombing could spark a wave of sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shiite Muslims.

No group has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing in central Peshawar that wounded more than 30 other people and came as Pakistan’s