KURRAM -UNS:Over 42 people including women and children were killed in a gun attack carried out on passenger vans in the Ochat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Kurram region on Thursday, according to the police.
Ahmady Shama Station House Officer Kaleem Shah told Dawn.com that 42 people were killed, including three women, and 11 were injured.
The same toll was given by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi while speaking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court.
“This past week has been difficult and upsetting, now 42 people have been martyred in Kurram,” he said. “We see a new incident every day now and are in constant contact with the KP authorities, KP inspector general of police and the chief minister. They need help.
“They are one of our provinces, a part of our country and we will not leave them behind,” the interior minister said. “We are going to help however we can.”
Providing details of the incident, KP government spokesperson Barrister Dr Saif said police personnel were attacked first, and then the passenger convoy was targeted from both sides. “Around 200 vehicles were in the convoy,” he said.
