KURRAM: As, despite a ceasefire truce to give respite to those tribesmen involved in deadly skirmishes (that commenced ten days ago), seven more people were gunned down by the warring Shia and non-Shia tribes (belonging to Bagan, Talo Kunj, Badshah Kot, Irfani Kilay Jalamy and Chadrewal areas), as a result the death toll has climbed to 124 on Saturday (30th Nov, 2024).
It may be recalled that a KP government delegation met the warring Shia tribesmen as well as Sunni warlords and successfully persuaded the two sides on 24th November for a week-long ceasefire. According to KP chief minister’s adviser on information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a ceasefire was agreed for seven days between the tribes, both of which also decided to return each other’s dead bodies and prisoners.
In what obviously was a sectarian clash, ten unidentified militants fired from both sides of the road at Shia passengers travelling from Parachinar to Peshawar in a convoy consisting 200 vans here on 21st Nov killing 43 Shia men, women, children (as well as cops escorting them) and injuring thirty.
On 23rd Nov, clashes between Bushehra and Ahmadzai in Bagan and Alizai areas of Lower Kurram, 32 people lost their lives while 30 got critically injured.
