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88 killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan's Kurram
Greenwatch Desk
Conflicts
2024-11-26, 3:01pm
The death toll of sectarian clashes in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has risen to 88, the hospital administration told media.
The violence erupted last Thursday when a convoy of passenger coaches carrying Shiite Muslims was ambushed in Parachinar area, leading to a heavy casualty.
The attack sparked a wave of sectarian violence between Shiite and Sunni communities, with multiple retaliatory assaults over the following days raising the death toll further, reports BSS.
A delegation of the provincial government visited the district, and a ceasefire has been agreed between both sects for seven days.