Pakistan, September 09: At least 10 people were killed and eight injured on Thursday as a passenger van struck a landmine in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram tribal area.
About 20 people were travelling in the vehicle.They were returning home to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Kurran tribal district has for three years been a flashpoint for violence between the minority Shiite and majority Sunni communities.
Shiites account for some 20 percent of Pakistan’s mostly Sunni Muslim population of 160 million.
More than 4,000 people have died in outbreaks of sectarian violence between the groups since the late 1980s.
—Agencies