Six killed in two attacks in Pakistan
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
PESHAWAR, Nov 24 (AFP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead six people in two attacks Tuesday which authorities said were aimed at igniting sectarian unrest in volatile northwest Pakistan.
The first attack in the garrison town of Kohat left three Shiite Muslims dead and another two injured, and was followed by a shooting at a hotel in neighbouring Hangu district, police and local officials said.
Two Shiites and one Sunni Muslim were killed in the Hangu attack and nine Sunnis were wounded, police officer Sajjad Ahmed told AFP.
"The attacks are designed to spur sectarian violence in the region," Hangu district mayor Khan Afzal told AFP.
The first attack in the garrison town of Kohat left three Shiite Muslims dead and another two injured, and was followed by a shooting at a hotel in neighbouring Hangu district, police and local officials said.
Two Shiites and one Sunni Muslim were killed in the Hangu attack and nine Sunnis were wounded, police officer Sajjad Ahmed told AFP.
"The attacks are designed to spur sectarian violence in the region," Hangu district mayor Khan Afzal told AFP.