Eight passengers including three women and a seven-year-old boy were killed, senior local government official Basir Khan Wazir told AFP. He said officials were struggling to identify the mutilated victims but initial evidence suggested all the passengers were Shias. A local intelligence official confirmed the incident and casualties. Upper Kurram has been the scene of several bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in the past. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Eight passengers including three women and a seven-year-old boy were killed, senior local government official Basir Khan Wazir told AFP. He said officials were struggling to identify the mutilated victims but initial evidence suggested all the passengers were Shias. A local intelligence official confirmed the incident and casualties. Upper Kurram has been the scene of several bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in the past. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.