Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribal Violence
Peshawar: At least 37 people have been killed and several others injured in the last 24 hours in violence between tribal groups in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police gave information about this on Saturday. Violence broke out between Alizai and Bagan tribal groups after an attack on a passenger van on Thursday in Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan. 47 people were killed in the attack on the passenger van.
Tribal people are targeting each other
Top officials of administration and police have reached the area by helicopter. An official told the media here, “At least 37 people have been killed so far.” The death toll is still increasing, he said, adding that more than 30 people have been injured. People of tribal communities are targeting each other using automatic weapons. Houses and shops were targeted in the violence, following which people from various villages have moved to safer places. Seeing the worsening of the situation, all the educational institutions of the district were closed for Saturday, which was confirmed by Muhammad Hayat Hasan, President of ‘Private Education Network’.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribal Clash
There was firing on vehicles
On Thursday, more than 50 vehicles were fired upon in Bagan, Manduri and Ochhat. Police officials said that 47 people including women and children died in this. He said most of the deceased were from the Shia community. (Language)
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