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Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people

Headline from Local News 8, on the newest of 2 developments

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani police officer says fighting between armed sectarian groups in the country’s restive northwest has killed at least 33 people. The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and comes days …

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  1. At least 38 killed in Pakistan sectarian attacks: Official

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

  2. Newest

    Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people

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12 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Guardian

    More than 40 killed in north-west Pakistan in gun attack on Shia convoy (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows killing of dozens of people in clashes between Sunnis and minority Shias

  2. Courthouse News Service

    At least 38 killed in Pakistan sectarian attacks: Official (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Sectarian clashes have seen hundreds of people killed over the years in the Kurram district, formerly a semi-autonomous area. Thursday's attacks targeted two separate convoys of Shiite Muslims.

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday.

  4. Local News 8

    Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani police officer says fighting between armed sectarian groups in the country’s restive northwest has killed at least 33 people. The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and comes days …

  5. Al Jazeera

    Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan’s northwest (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups latest in a string of attacks to hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan: Dozens killed in sectarian violence – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    More than 30 people have died in clashes between militant Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan, police say. Scores have been killed in such sectarian violence in the past few months.

  7. New York Times

    Sectarian Violence Kills Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convey of vehicles in the area.

  8. Digital Journal

    32 killed in new sectarian violence in Pakistan (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on

  9. The Guardian

    Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    About 300 families relocate after fresh violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims kills 32 people

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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