Twenty-four hours after the attack, a heavy downpour had cleared much of the blood that lay outside the Asna Ul Asharia mosque.
But in the courtyard where the shooting occurred, shell casings, pools of blood and pockmarks on the pavement marked the attackers' path. At the far end of the compound, remains of the suicide bomber had been covered with pine cones and needles. About 30 bicycles and pairs of shoes sat where their dead or wounded owners had left them.
Gulam Ali, a 74-year-old government worker who survived the attack, said he did not want revenge; he wanted the government to arrest those responsible.
"The terrorists are so daring that they broke into this place," he said, referring to the mosque. "Is our administration so helpless? Where is this administration?"
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