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.
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