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Death toll in Kurram firing attack on vehicles convoy climbs to 42, injures 30

Kurram: The number of deaths have risen to 42 in yesterday attack on passenger vehicles in tribal district Kurram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Peshawar bound convoy consisting of some 200 vehicles from Parachinar when it came under heavy gunfire at Ochat area yesterday.

Separately, two separate convoys were targeted in two attacks.

The deceased included seven women and a nine-year-old girl. As many as 30 people were also injured in the tragic incident.

President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif have vehemently condemned the attack on the convoy.