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88 killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan's Kurram

Greenwatch Desk Conflicts 2024-11-26, 3:01pm

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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.