Death toll from gun attack in Pakistan on Shiites jumps to at least 28
- Gunmen attacked passenger vehicles in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 14 Shiite Muslim civilians and injuring 30 others, as reported by local police.
- The violence occurred in Kurram district, amid rising sectarian clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
- Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack and expressed condolences to the victims' families.
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At least 38 massacred in gun attack on passengers’ convoy in Lower Kurram: police
Kurram DC says two separate convoys of Shia community targeted in ‘terrorist’ attack Interior Minister says in contact with KP authorities and they would be provided all-out help and support KP CM announces financial assistance for deceased persons’ families, terming attack ‘extremely regrettable and condemnable’ PESHAWAR/KURRAM: At least 38 people were killed and 30 others sustained gunshot wounds when a convoy of passenger van was ambushed …
At least 38 people, including women and children, were killed by unidentified gunmen in an attack on a Shia Muslim supply convoy in Pakistan's Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. Violence by religious fanatics has been on the rise in a remote area of Pakistan in recent months.
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