Pak: 88 killed in sectarian clashes in Kurram district
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: 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. A delegation of the provincial government visited the district, and a ceasefire has been agreed between both sects for seven days.