Gunmen opened occurrence connected rider vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims successful restive northwest Pakistan connected Thursday. (File Photo)
Gunmen opened occurrence connected rider vehicles carrying Shiite Muslim civilians successful northwest Pakistan connected Thursday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 50 people, and injuring 20 others. The onslaught is 1 of the deadliest successful the portion successful caller years, according to police, quality bureau PTI reported.
The onslaught took spot successful Kurram, a territory successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has witnessed deadly sectarian clashes betwixt Sunni and Shiite Muslims successful caller months. No radical has claimed work for the assault. This unit comes a week aft authorities reopened a cardinal road successful the portion aft it had been closed for weeks owed to fatal clashes.
Local constabulary authoritative Azmat Ali said respective vehicles carrying passengers were traveling successful a convoy from the metropolis of Parachinar to Peshawar, the superior of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa erstwhile gunmen opened fire. He said the dormant included six women, and astatine slightest 10 passengers were successful captious information astatine a hospital, quality AP reported.