GILGIT: Sectarian violence triggered here on Tuesday after a hand grenade attack on protestors gathered on Aath Chowk on the call of Tanzeem-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat here on Tuesday, killing two men and injuring 35 others.
At least 12 more people died and about four dozen others injured in the violence that followed the incident. As per details, some miscreants attacked protesters at Aath Chowk by hand grenades due to which two people were killed while more than 35 injured.
After the incident firing and attacks started in different localities of Gilgit that continued whole day. Unknown assailants drag 10 commuters out of passenger buses and killed them and burned some buses at Shakra-e-Karakoram. SP Diamir police was also shot injured in an clash with miscreants.
Law enforcement agencies failed to control the law and order whereas curfew was imposed to restore peace in the town.
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