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Gunmen attack passenger vehicles in Pakistan, killing at least 38 people in northwest

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At least 38 people were killed, including women and children, when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a convoy of 200 passenger vehicles in the Kurram tribal district of Pakistan. The victims were mostly Shiite Muslims, and the attack is attributed to sectarian violence, which has been a persistent issue in the Kurram region. The Kurram district has a significant population of Shiite Muslims, which has contributed to the tribal tensions and conflicts in the area, often rooted in disputes over land, and frequently escalating into deadly sectarianism. The violence highlights the government's struggle to maintain control in the region.

  1. PK
    Javedullah Mehsud
    1. The attackers, numbering around 10, fired indiscriminately from both sides of the road.
  2. PK
    Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
    1. The protracted trauma and violence … the residents have been subjected for over a year must not become the new normal.
    2. We demand immediate and decisive steps from both governments to permanently break this cycle of violence.
  3. PK
    Mir Hussain
    1. I think other people were also firing at the convoy of vehicles from nearby open farm field.
  4. PK
    Ajmeer Hussain
    1. I laid down at the feet of the two passengers sitting next to me. Both of them were struck by multiple bullets and died instantly.
  5. PK
    Sharif Hussain
    1. This violence has become a cycle that the authorities seem unable to break.
    2. The fact that local rival groups clearly have access to heavy weaponry indicates that the state has been unable to control the flow of arms into the region.
  6. PK
    Ibne Ali Bangash
    Shia
    1. More than 40 people from our community have been martyred.

Tribal Clashes in Pakistan

  1. At least 130 people killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan's northwest
  2. Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan's northwest
  3. Tribal clashes in north-west Pakistan kill at least 11 people

sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.ABC News (Australia)
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.CTV News
  8. 8.Associated Press
  9. 9.Agence France-Presse
  10. 10.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Ethnic tensions
  2. 2.Sunni/Shiites Dispute
  3. 3.Mass Shootings
  4. 4.Pakistan Politics

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.PakistanPK

organizations

  1. 1.Shia
  2. 2.Sunni
  3. 3.TalibanAF
  4. 4.Balochistan Liberation ArmyPK
  5. 5.Human Rights Commission of PakistanPK
  6. 6.Islamic State
  7. 7.Tehreek-e-Taliban

persons

  1. 1.Javedullah MehsudPK
  2. 2.Asif Zardari
  3. 3.Shahbaz SharifPK
  4. 4.Azmat Ali
  5. 5.Baqir Haideri
  6. 6.Ibne Ali BangashPK
  7. 7.Mohsin NaqviPK
  8. 8.Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry
  9. 9.Zia Ur-Rehman
  10. 10.Aftab AlamPK
  11. 11.Mir HussainPK
  12. 12.Ali Amin GandapurPK
Gunmen attack passenger vehicles in Pakistan, killing at least 38 people in northwest