பாகிஸ்தான் - ஷியா பிரிவினர் 11 பேரில் தலையை துண்டித்து சுன்னிகள் வெறியாட்டம்

பாகிஸ்தானில் ஷியா பிரிவினர் 11 பேரில் தலையை துண்டித்து சுன்னிகள் வெறியாட்டம் ஆடியுள்ளனர்.

டூரி என்ற ஷியா ஜாதியினர் 8 பேரில் உடல்களை இவ்வாறு தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு சாக்கடையில் வீசியுள்ளனர்.


11 beheaded in sectarian violence in Pakistan
(DPA)
23 June 2008 Print E-mail

ISLAMABAD - At least 11 Shia Muslims were executed by a rival Sunni group in Pakistan's Kurram agency, a volatile north-western tribal district, a tribal leader said Monday.

The beheaded bodies of eight people from the Shia tribe Toori were found dumped in Arawali and three in the Sadda area of the district, tribal chief Ali Akbar told the Geo news television channel.

However, Kurram's administrator, Azam Khan, confirmed only eight deaths. "According to our information, eight bodies have been found so far," he told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

All those killed were abducted Friday when a food convoy they were travelling with came under attack in the Sunni-dominated area of Pir Qayyum, about 30 kilometres south-east of Kurram's central town of Parachinar.

Four people, including a security guard, were killed in the ambush. Later, government forces, backed by helicopter gunships, chased the attackers, killing five of them.

Kurram has been in the grip of sectarian violence since last year. Scores of people have been killed, and hundreds of families have fled the violence to an area bordering Afghanistan.