Rawalpindi suicide attack

Pakistani Army officials secure the scene after a gunfire broke out following blasts at the Parade Lane mosque where hundreds of people, including dozens of army personnel, were gathered for the Friday prayers, in the garrison town of Rawalpindi adjacent to capital Islamabad Pakistan. At least 20 people were killed as two blasts ripped through a mosque in Rawalpindi, on 4 December, a few hundred meters from the Pakistan Army headquarters Photograph: guardian.co.uk

An army soldier takes position near the site of a suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Anjum Naveed/guardian.co.uk

Pakistani troops rush to take position near the site of a suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Anjum Naveed/guardian.co.uk

Pakistani Army officials secure the scene after a gunfire broke out following the blasts at the Parade Lane mosque where hundreds of people, including dozens of army personnel, were gathered for the Friday prayers Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Women look at dead bodies of suicide attack victims in a hospital compound in Rawalpindi Photograph: BK Bangash/guardian.co.uk

Pakistani soldiers take up position and aim their weapons through holes in a wall outside a besieged mosque in Pakistan's garrison city Rawalpindi Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/guardian.co.uk

Army soldiers cordon off the area near a mosque after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Vincent Thian/guardian.co.uk

A military policeman keeps guard as a vehicle is removed from the site of a mosque attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Mian Khursheed/guardian.co.uk

Pakistan's Army troops rush to take position near the site of a suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Anjum Naveed/guardian.co.uk

Pakistan's Army troops take positions near the site of suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Anjum Naveed/guardian.co.uk

Officials remove a car near a mosque after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi Photograph: Vincent Thian/guardian.co.uk