ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the Tirah Valley terrorist attack in which five people were martyred and 16 others were injured.
The premier expressed grief over the martyrdom of five innocent people and injuries to 16 others in firing by the Khwarij in Bagh Maidan area of Tirah Valley.
The premier directed the provision of immediate medical assistance to the injured.
Shehbaz said the nefarious designs of terrorists could not shake the nation’s resolve, the PM Media Wing said in a statement.
Sources claimed that terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khwarij opened fire on the protesters from the nearby hills. However, another source alleged that the security forces opened fire when the angry protesters headed to the security facility in the area.
It is learnt the Zakhakhel tribe people and the relatives of a girl, who was allegedly killed in a mortar shelling a day earlier, staged a protest near a government installation when they came under attack. Local people said five persons died on the spot and 16 others sustained injuries.
The deceased were identified as Shakoor Khan, Ziaur Rehman, Hanat Shah, Akmal Khan and Saeed Afridi. The injured included Sher Zaman, Akmal Khan, Khan Zeb, Abdul Haleem, Ayub Khan, Siraj Khan, Qasim Khan, Saeed Khan, Zartaj Khan, Baitullah, Aamir Hussain, Rehmanullah, Muhammad Javed, Muhammad Sadiq, Nazar Muhammad and Abubakr.
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