Suicide bomber kills 31 in attack on Islamabad mosque

The injured were taken to hospiital (MA Sheikh/AP)

A suicide bomber has targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others.

Television footage and social media images showed police and residents taking the wounded to nearby hospitals. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in a critical condition.