Peshawar, Pakistan AP —Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people and wounded 200 others in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days, officials said Sunday.
Violence flared in Kurram district on November 21 when gunmen ambushed a vehicle convoy and killed 52 people, mostly Shiite Muslims.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the assault, which triggered retaliatory firing and arson by rival groups in several areas.
But dozens from both sides have been killed in Kurram since July, when a land dispute turned into general sectarian violence.
Kurram is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where armed groups like the Pakistani Taliban operate.
Persons:
Nobody, Javed Ullah Mehsud, Mehsud, Mir Afzal Khan
Organizations:
Pakistan AP, Government
Locations:
Peshawar, Pakistan, Kurram district, Kurram, Parachinar, Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa