42 people were killed in the Kurram terror incident, causing bloodshed.

PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen randomly shot passenger cars in the Lower Kurram tribal district on Thursday, killing at least 42 persons, including seven women and a child, and injuring 29 others.

Around 100 vehicles were in a convoy traveling from Peshawar to Parachinar, and another sizable convoy was en route to Peshawar from Parachinar when suddenly, five different locations, gunmen opened fire on them, according to two senior officials of the local administration in the unrest-plagued Kurram who spoke to The News.

The assailants were aware of the movement of two distinct convoys coming from both sides, and it appeared to be a pre-planned attack. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The News that the gunmen killed innocent people, including women, by randomly firing on the convoys at five different locations as soon as they arrived in Lower Kurram. Seven women and a kid were among the 39 bodies that were gathered, he said. When hundreds of people, including the victims' family, arrived to the scene of the incident, tensions increased, and several of the bodies were reported missing, the official said. He claims that some of these individuals then responded, opened fire on the other sect's members, and allegedly murdered some.

The officials claimed that the persons in other vehicles went into locals' homes and sought safety there. "Relatives were searching frantically for some of the passengers' missing family members, but they were unable to contact them because cellular phone service had been suspended." The government official contended, "We have been telling people that they might be safe and could have taken shelter in the houses of residents."

Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, the chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also acknowledged that 42 people had died in the terrorist attack. 39 persons were martyred and 29 others were injured in a regrettable occurrence that occurred in the Kurram tribal territory. 

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi revealed to reporters in Islamabad that 39 persons were killed in the terrorist attack. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's spokesman, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif, told The News that they were in communication with the Kurram administration and that attempts were being made to restore normalcy to the tribal district. He claimed that although the police were escorting the passenger cars, the gunman initially targeted the officers before moving on to the cars.

According to Barrister Saif, the government dispatched ambulances to transport the injured individuals to local hospitals right away and guarantee that they received high-quality medical care. District Police Officer Ahmad Shah and Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mahsud hurried to the scene. The local government claims that the injured were transported to the