Kurram Agency War April 2007 - April 6 (War Starts)

April 6 (War Starts)

• On Friday, 6 April, a shai gunman fired on a procession held by Shia Muslims in Parachinar.
• An ambulance was also attacked in the city in which three people, including the organiser of the two were wounded.
• The political administration of the Kurram Agency imposed curfew and additional army troops called out to stop acts of lawlessness in the area.
• A jirga of elders was being convened to broker a ceasefire between the two groups.
• Hospital sources said that three bodies and 18 wounded people had been brought to the agency headquarters hospital.
• Locals said the number of casualties might increase as both sides were using heavy weapons.
• Akber Khan Road's Markets, houses and shops set a blazed by the Shia Militants came from the villages of Zeran and Kirman of Upper Kurram. Millions of rupees losses occurred.