Dozens killed and injured in Pakistan suicide attack
At least 26 people were killed and 20 were wounded in a suicide attack on a mosque in Pakistan today.
Gunmen stormed the mosque during prayers after an explosion at a checkpoint at an army base near the military headquarters in Islamabad’s sister city of Rawalpindi.
The attack underscores the resilience of militant networks despite army offensives against the Taliban in the north-west regions bordering Afghanistan.
The attack is the latest episode in a wave of bloodshed that has killed more than 400 people in the country since October.
The attack began when several gunmen triggered an explosion to break through a checkpoint on the perimeter of the heavily fortified army base.
Two of the attackers were able to enter the mosque on the base and hit the congregation with gunfire and grenades.
Two of the recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan occurred in Rawalpindi.
A November 2 suicide bomb killed 35 people and an October 10 raid on the army headquarters prompted a 22-hour stand-off that left nine militants and 14 other people dead.
