More than 30 people have died in clashes between militant Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan, police say. Scores have been killed in such sectarian violence in the past few months.
The Kurram district is noted as a hotbed of sectarian
Armed Sunni and Shiite groups clashed in the northwestern Pakistani district of Kurram overnight into Saturday, with at least 32 people killed and 25 others injured in the fighting, a senior police officer said.
Pakistan has a history of sectarian tensions between the Shiite minority and the Sunni majority.
Kurram, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, is known as a hot spot for such violence. Dozens from both communites have been killed there since July in a dispute over land that mutated into general hostilities.
