An affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital that killed 31 people and wounded 169 othe

A massive bombing ripped through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan ‘s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, police said.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest of its kind in Islamabad in ‌more than a decade, in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.