Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows killing of dozens of people in clashes between Sunnis and minority Shias
Police checkpoint on a highway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on 21 November. The gun attack on vehicles carrying Shia Muslims reportedly lasted about 40 minutes.Police checkpoint on a highway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on 21 November. The gun attack on vehicles carrying Shia Muslims reportedly lasted about 40 minutes.
Local police official Azmat Ali said several vehicles were travelling in a convoy from the city of Parachinar to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, when gunmen opened fire. He said at least 10 passengers were in critical condition at a hospital. The interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, called the shootings a “terrorist attack”. The prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and president, Asif Ali Zardari, condemned the attack, and Sharif said those behind the killing of innocent civilians will not go unpunished.
“I think other people were also firing at the convoy of vehicles from nearby open farm field,” he said. “The firing continued for about 40 minutes.” He said he hid until the attackers fled.Ibne Ali Bangash, a relative of one of the victims, described the convoy attack as the saddest day in Kurram’s history.
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