MADRID Dec. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
More than 130 people have died due to the latest clashes between Sunni and Shiite tribes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan, due to the increase in sectarian violence that has been taking place in the area since the end of November.
The provincial authorities have indicated that a total of 133 people have died and another 186 have been injured since November 21, a figure that has continued to increase after the parties have broken a truce agreed on two occasions, according to the newspaper. Dawn’.
Clashes continue for the eleventh consecutive day as security forces gather information obtained from medical and police sources. During Friday, another seven people died, according to these data.
Intertribal fighting has continued in the area despite the fact that on Wednesday the parties agreed to renew for ten days a 72-hour ceasefire reached on Sunday, without ending the clashes for now.
The clashes broke out due to differences between Sunni and Shiite tribes over the possession of land in the area, amid a rise in tensions in recent months that has ended up escaping the control of the central and provincial authorities.
Kurram is a mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan and is home to mainly Shiite communities, which are often the target of attacks by Sunni extremist groups.
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