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Kurram tribal clashes, gunship shelling kill 35 |
2010-09-20 |
[Pak Daily Times] The death toll of fierce clashes between two rival tribes in Kurram Agency has risen to 35, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. According to a spokesman of the political administration, at least 16 people were killed and 20 injured when government gunship fired shells at bunkers of the two tribes to stop them from fighting. "We are trying our best to cease hostilities between Mangal and Toori tribes which killed 19 people on Sunday," he said. According to sources, at least 138 people had been killed and 180 injured in clashes over water dispute for the last 16 days in the Shalozan area of Upper Kurram Agency. |
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