PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Sixteen Shiite Muslims were killed and four wounded Saturday in an apparent sectarian ambush in a remote tribal town in northwest Pakistan, a paramilitary spokesman and local officials said.
The incident took place early Saturday in the Sunni dominated Charkhel area on Tal-Parachinar road in the violence-hit Kurram tribal district, close to the Afghan border.
Local administrative and intelligence officials also confirmed the incident and said that all those killed were Shiite Muslims. |