Militant who killed 101 people at Pakistan mosque was wearing police uniform

Women light candles during a prayer ceremony for victims of Monday’s suicide bombing inside a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan (Muhammad Sajjad/AP)

A suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque in north-west Pakistan disguised himself in a police uniform and did not raise suspicion among guards, the provincial police chief said.

Moazzam Jah Ansari said the bomber has been identified and police are close to arresting members of the network behind Monday’s attack, one of the deadliest in Peshawar, the capital in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.