PESHAWAR: At least 35 people have died as a result of a land dispute between tribes in the northwest of the country, according to officials on Sunday, since it turned into armed combat four days ago.
According to local police officer Murtaza Hussain, there had been fighting between two tribal groups since a gunman opened fire at a council meeting on Wednesday to discuss a long-standing dispute over farmland.
Hussain claimed that although the attack did not result in any injuries, it rekindled long-standing hostilities between the clans that coexist in the province of Kurram near the Afghan border, specifically in the Boshehra and Malikhel districts.
According to Hussain, the fighting has “claimed 35 lives” thus far.Family disputes frequently occur throughout the nation.
But in the mountainous northwest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where groups follow customary tribal honor laws, they can be especially long-lasting and brutal.
A senior Kurram district government official, who wished to remain unidentified, confirmed that 35 people had died and that 151 more had been injured.
