Confirming that it was a sectarian attack, the official said that the vehicle was en route to Peshawar from Parachinar - the headquarters of Kurram Agency - when unknown men opened fire on it from a mountain.
He added that all the passengers belonged to the Shia community. “The locals are afraid of sectarian violence again.”
The injured and the deceased were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Thall.
He added that that this was the sixth attack on a passenger vehicle in the area after the route was reopened by Commissioner Kohat division Sahibzada Muhammad Anees about six months ago.
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Chaar Kheil is the village adjacent to Manduri village and it is the ancestral village of Aurakzai(Watizai),the MNA from Central Kurram.Why the political agent does not exercise his power under the "COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES"and put the MNA in Adiala jail? but every one knows that the blood of SHIAS is much thinner than any liquid on earth.They will cry for a few days and then there will be another attack.It will go on till we dont get rid of this corrupt Govt.
I saw the headline and I knew it already it would be Shias being killed. Sectarian attack and it's always Shia r the victims
Unfortunately, it's an uphill battle against Wahhabi/Salafi/Deoband/Sunni extremists, ideologues, militants and terrorists in the country....
@Abdullah, in Syria people are fighting with King, but in Pakistan shias never gone wild with a wish to rule over Pakistan neither they have a militant wing or sucide bombers.I don't think that people should try to relate the case of Pakistan with any other country.
Where is Imran Khan who claims to “talk the terrorist out of terrorism”? Or is it not terrorism? Oh it’s the vote bank!
@Abdullah: What Parachinar had to do with Syria, from the look of things Talibans must be killing people over there as well.
@ Abdullah and neither do u know whats happening in Syria. Assads are not Shia and and neither is their religion recognized as a further sect of shia. Irn and syria are allies of common interest within the region, just as Saudia Arabia is with Bahrain.
Blame RAW, MOSSAD, CIA; or the drones.
@Khan, think you don't know what is happening in Syria
well done, PDC zindabad
Pakistan is a failed state.
Why shia community is always targeted and the shia is not targeting other sects in retaliation. Why shia is not producing sucide bombers and it will be easy for them to target the majority?. Simply they are true human beings, keep the religion apart.
I hope Mr. CJ will take sou moto action and ask government to present report within 2 weeks. Shias are being killed in this country and this genocide don't effect anybody.
Thats why I say, renounce religion and become secular, thoroughly secular like France or Turkey. Read “Dechristianization of France” on wikipedia. Once upon a time, France was called the little sister of Catholic church because it was thoroughly catholic until it decided to become secular, and the rest is history.
Pakistan needs to adopt Love for All Hatred for None
Isn't this an every day occurrence in Pakistan? as every other day there is some similar incidences reported... who knows what's going on and where its not reported...
Look and Identify the oprressor and oppressed.“The one aware of oppression, the aid to it, and the pleased with it, all three are partners.”
May the innocent martyred commuters rest in Peace.