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| DATE | 2024-11-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] The Pakastan powder keg is the real source of
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Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan
kills at least 33 people
Story by RIAZ KHAN • 3h • 2 min read
Pakistan Violence
Pakistan Violence
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups
in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 33 people and injured 25
others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday.
The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and comes days after a deadly gun ambush
killed 42 people.
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Shiite Muslims make up about 15% of the 240 million people in
Sunni-majority Pakistan, which has a history of sectarian animosity
between the communities.
Although the two groups generally live together peacefully, tensions
remain, especially in Kurram.
The senior police officer said armed men in Bagan and Bacha Kot torched
shops, houses and government property.
Intense gunfire was ongoing between the Alizai and Bagan tribes in the
Lower Kurram area.
“Educational institutions in Kurram are closed due to the severe
tension. Both sides are targeting each other with heavy and automatic
weapons,” said the officer, who spoke anonymously because he was not
authorized to speak to the media.
Videos shared with The Associated Press showed a market engulfed by fire
and orange flames piercing the night sky. Gunfire can also be heard.
The location of Thursday’s attack was also targeted by armed men, who
marched on the area.
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Survivors of the gun ambush said assailants emerged from a vehicle and
sprayed buses and cars with bullets. Nobody has claimed responsibility
for the attack and police have not identified a motive.
Dozens of people from the district’s Sunni and Shiite communities have
been killed since July, when a land dispute erupted in Kurram that later
turned into general sectarian violence.
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