Gunmen ambushed passenger vehicles in Pakistan’s Kurram tribal district on Thursday, leaving at least 38 people dead and 29 injured, according to Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Among the victims were a woman and a child, with officials warning the death toll could rise.
The attack targeted two convoys one traveling from Peshawar to Parachinar and the other heading in the opposite direction. Local resident Ziarat Hussain reported that armed men opened fire on the vehicles, with his own relatives among the passengers.
The Kurram region, near the Afghanistan border, has long been plagued by sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shia communities over land disputes. No group has claimed responsibility for the assault.
President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the incident in a statement, describing it as a tragic and heinous act of violence.
