Dozens killed in sectarian clashes between Shiite, Sunni Muslims in northwestern Pakistan

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A mourner stands beside the bodies of the victims who were killed by gunmen in Parachinar, the main town of the Kurram district in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on November 22, 2024.

More than 30 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after Shiite Muslims on Friday attacked a Sunni-dominated market and set it on fire in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in northwestern Pakistan. Sporadic fighting has regularly broken out between the two groups in the area in recent months, leading to more than 150 deaths.

At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on Shiite passengers convoys killed 43.

Sporadic fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan has killed around 150 over the past months.

“Fighting between Shiite and Sunni communities continues at multiple locations. According to the latest reports, 32 people have been killed which include 14 Sunnis and 18 Shiites,” a senior administrative official told AFP on condition of anonymity on Saturday.

(AFP)


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