Clashes between rival tribes killed at least 11 people in the Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on
Deaths were reported following fighting between tribes in Kurram, near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. Previously, provincial officals there reported a land dispute between Shiite and Sunni Muslim groups.
Clashes between rival tribes killed at least 11 people in the Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Saturday.
At least eight people were injured in the incident.
Tensions rose in Kurram district after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the shooting. It was also not clear if this deadly clash, like some previous unrest in the area, was fueled by sectarian differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
The incident occurred in the Kunj Alizai area near the country’s border with Afghanistan, according to Pakistan’s Dawn daily.
Senior official Javedullah Khan was cited by AP news agency as saying that several vehicles were later targeted, leading to more casualties.
Dawn daily cited medical official Mir Hassan as saying that the condition of three of the wounded was “critical.”
