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Four gunmen emerged from a vehicle and opened fire on a convoy of over 200 vehicles containing Shia Muslims traveling from Parachinar to Peshawar along a remote highway. The gunmen initially targeted police escort vehicles, who were assigned to protect the convoy due to prior instances of sectarian violence on roadways, before firing on the passengers. [7]
Attack is one of deadliest incidents in sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites in Kurram
Clashes broke out in Parachinar after armed gunmen opened fire inside a Sunni mosque on 16 November, killing at least 10 people. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The attack triggered a renewed conflict between Sunni and Shia fighters in Kurram, with 30 people being killed and over 100 being injured by the end of 17 November. [ 31 ]
Later, he was laid to rest at the Eidgah graveyard. The participants expressed shock and anguish over the killing of the Shia scholar and urged the government to arrest the culprits and award them exemplary punishment. Local tribes of Kurram Agency announced a 40-day mourning over the killing of Allama Irfani.
:- 17–19 November:- As many as 94 people were killed and 168 injured in three days of in-fighting between the rival Sunni(Deobandi) and Shia sects in Parachinar, Kurram Agency in Pakistani tribal areas, bordering Afghanistan. Only by the fourth day, the army gained control of the area and a ceasefire was maintained in the area.
The conflict began on May 4, 2023, when a school shooting took place at a high school in Tari Mangal, killing seven people, including five teachers and two labors, [3] According to Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam, the teacher who died in the initial attack was a Sunni Muslim, while those targeted in the subsequent shooting at the school were ...
On August 18, 2019, a bombing happened at a shia wedding killing 63 and 180 wounded. [26] On March 6, 2020, an IS gunmen killed 32 and wounded 81 in the Dasht-e-Barchi area during a ceremoney. [27] On May 12, 2020, Shia Hazara's were attacked by bombing Dasht-e-Barchi hospital killing 24 people and injuring an unknown number of people. [28]
As far as armed violence is concerned, the medieval period has only few examples of Shias being killed for their beliefs, most notable incidents are the killing of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in 769 AD, [21] the destruction of Multan in 1005 AD, the persecution of Shias at the hands of Sultan Feroz Shah (1351–1388 AD), [22] and the target killing of ...