At least 20 killed, several injured in attack on passenger vehicles in Kurram

LOWER KURRAM, Nov 21 (SABAH): At least 20 people were killed and several others injured when gunmen on Thursday opened fire on a number of passenger vehicles in Ucheat area of Lower Kurram.

According to Kurram DPO, a convoy of vehicles coming from Peshawar to Parachinar came under fire in the Ucheat area. Automatic weapons were used by the gunmen, he added.

He said 20 people, including three women, died on the spot. Several injured were rushed to nearby hospital where condition of many had been described as serious.

Police and rescue teams reached the spot and sealed the area and launched search for the attackers.

No group has so far claimed responsibility of attack. Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the incident and expressed grief over the loss of innocent lives. He prayed for the early recovery of the injured people.