Three more people were and 12 others sustained injuries on the fifth day of the ongoing sectarian clashes in Bashkhel, Boshrah, Pewarha, Tri Mengal, Kanj Alizai and different other areas of Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 29, reports Dawn. As per District administration, at least 19 people have been killed while 38 injured so far, adds The Khorasan Diary.
A notable religious scholar, Qari Ismail, from the Ahl-e-Hadees school of thought, was shot dead in Trakho area of Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 29, reports The Khorasan Diary. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed the responsibility of attack, adding that the individual was an affiliate of the Afghan Taliban.
A rocket was fired at the home of a notable Tribal elder Naseer Khan in Naway Kali area of Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 29, reports The Khorasan Diary. The rocket landed in the house but did not explored.
Police on October 29 repulsed an attack of more than two dozen militants attacked the Hathala Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Khorasan Diary.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a statement sent to the media, on October 29 claimed the responsibility of the October 28 attack on a Police camp at the Yarak toll plaza on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Khorasan Diary. A Policeman was killed during the exchange of fire with militants.