Pakistan Terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (symbolic photo)
Terrorist attack in Pakistan: A major terrorist attack has occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 50 people have died in this attack. This attack took place on passenger vehicles in the Down Kurram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dozens of people were also injured in the attack, including a police officer and women. Terrorists reportedly opened fire on passenger vehicles carrying Shia Muslim citizens in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan’s restive northwestern province. It is the deadliest attack of this type in the region in recent years.
Death toll may rise
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial chief secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary said gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan on Thursday. Chaudhary said a woman and a child were also among those killed in this attack in the Kurram tribal district. “This is a major tragedy and the death toll is likely to rise,” he said.
Tension between Shia and Sunni Muslims
There has been tension for decades between Shiite and Sunni Muslims over a land dispute in the tribal area bordering Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident. According to the information, “There were two convoys of passenger vehicles, one carrying passengers from Peshawar to Parachinar and the other from Parachinar to Peshawar, when gunmen opened fire on them.” Chaudhary said his relatives were traveling from Peshawar in the convoy.
Pakistani forces
President Zardari condemned
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the incident and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased. The PPP, in a post on Twitter, said attacking innocent passengers was a cowardly and inhumane act. The party stated that those responsible for this incident should receive strict punishment.
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