Islamabad: Shooting at vehicles in the Kurram district of northwestern Pakistan. More than fifty people including women and children were killed. 29 people were injured.
The attackers targeted two convoys which were going from Peshawar to Parachinar. There were 40 vehicles in two formations with police escort. A group of ten people were behind the attack.
The assailants have not been identified. No organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. In the same region last October, sixteen people were killed in a similar incident. Before that, dozens of people were killed in violent incidents in July and September.