Death toll in Islamabad suicide blast rises to 34
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Another injured of the deadly suicide bombing at an Imambargah-mosque in Islamabad breathed his last at a hospital on Monday, taking the death toll to 34 dead, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Aqeel Jan was under treatment at Polyclinic Hospital and succumbed to his wounds today.
Friday's attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group, was the deadliest in Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing.
City officials said 34 people were killed and another 169 were wounded in the explosion at the Imambargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque on the city's outskirts.
Reporter Babar Shahzad Turk