2024 Kurram attack

2024 Kurram attack
Part of the sectarian violence in Pakistan, insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LocationKurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Date21 November 2024
TargetA large convoy of 200 vehicles transporting Shia Muslims
Attack type
Mass shooting, ambush
Deaths54[1]
Injured86[2][3] (16 critically)
PerpetratorsIslamic State (suspected)
No. of participants
4
MotiveAnti-Shiaism

On 21 November 2024, gunmen attacked a large convoy of vehicles transporting Shia Muslims in the Kurram District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 54 people and injuring 86 others. The attack was one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years.[4] The attack was described as a "terrorist attack" by Pakistani authorities.[5]

  1. ^ "Fear Grips Pakistan's Kurram District As 50 Killed In Cold Blood". MENAFN. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. ^ Farooq Khan, Omer (22 November 2024). "Gunmen kill 50 in ambush on convoy in Pakistan's Kurram district". MSN via The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ 39 killed in Kurram convoy bloodbath
  4. ^ ur-Rehman, Zia (21 November 2024). "At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan".
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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