This article was reprinted with permission after being published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As Shi’ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan’s rising religious tensions become more and more deadly, gunmen opened fire on a fleet of vehicles carrying Shi’ite Muslims, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 40 others.
Three women and a baby were among those killed in the November 21 strike, authorities told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal.
When the unidentified gunmen attacked, the fleet of 200 cars was traveling from Peshawar to Parachinar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province near Afghanistan’s borders.
The latest in a string of fatal clashes in the Kurram place, has no one claimed responsibility for the assault.
Authorities, who were escorting the vehicles, said the dying burden could walk. There were about 700 persons in the fleet, according to law enforcement.
Tension , in Kurram , began to heat up after , 17 people were killed in an attack , on a fleet on October 12. Since then, there have been a number of dangerous problems.
Sunnis and Shi’a Muslims have repeatedly clashed fiercely over land, trees, and various property as well as church in Kurram despite government and law enforcement efforts to resuscitate harmony.
