Army takes control of Kohat and Hangu following sectarian clashes

KOHAT: Army took control of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat and Hangu cities and a curfew was clamped down, following an attack early on Monday on an Imambargah Said Habib in Zargaran Bazaar area of Kohat district.

Station House Officer Cantt Police station Mazhar Jaan told Dawn.com that the unknown miscreants attacked the Imambargah Said Habib in Zargaranabad earlier in the morning which left three people, including two policemen and a civilian, dead during an exchange of fire between the two rival groups.



He further said that several others were injured while in the clash adding that an angry bomb of a religious group set on fire a number of shops in Tirah Bazaar.

The Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat activists had taken out a protest rally against the Rawalpindi incident

Following the growing tension the law enforcement agencies imposed a curfew in Kohat and Hangu and the army took control of both the two cities

Friday's violence in Rawalpindi erupted when a procession of Shia Muslims marking Ashura reportedly coincided with a sermon at a nearby Sunni mosque.

The authorities imposed a curfew on Rawalpindi, twin city of Islamabad, which was only lifted on Monday morning.

A ban on gatherings of more than five people remains in force.

Troops were also deployed in Rawalpindi as well as in the southern Punjab city of Multan to keep the peace.

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