Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues to burn, deadly attack on passenger vans kills over 40 persons, mostly Shia Muslims
1 month ago

Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues to burn, deadly attack on passenger vans kills over 40 persons, mostly Shia Muslims

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At least 38 people were killed and 11 others were injured in a gun attack on passenger vans in the Ochat area of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Kurram district on Thursday, the Dawn reported, citing the police. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, while speaking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court, also confirmed the same figures, describing the attack as part of a troubling series of incidents in recent days. “This past week has been difficult and upsetting; now 38 people have been martyred in Kurram,” Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also condemned the attack, stressing the importance of providing the best medical care to the injured and promising to identify and punish the perpetrators.

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