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| 2024 Kurram massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Sectarian violence in Pakistan | |
| Location | Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Date | 21 November 2024 |
| Target | A large convoy of 200 vehicles transporting Shiite Muslims |
| Deaths | 110 |
| Injured | 28+[1] (16 critically) |
| Perpetrators | Under investigation |
On 21 November 2024, gunmen attacked a large convoy of vehicles transporting Shiite Muslims in the Kurram District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, resulting in 42 killed and 20 others wounded. The attack was one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years.[2] The attack was described as a "terrorist attack" by Pakistani authorities.[3]
- ^ 39 killed in Kurram convoy bloodbath
- ^ ur-Rehman, Zia (November 21, 2024). "At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan".
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