Pakistani police sun bayyana cewa gunman sun bukaci harshe a kan jirgin ababen hawa da ke dauke musulmai Shia a yankin arewacin-maso gabashin kasar, inda suka kashe akasari mutane 43, gami da mata bakwai da yara.
Harin ya faru a gundumar Kurram, wani yanki a lardin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inda akwai rikice-rikice tsakanin musulmai Sunni da Shia. An ce harin ya faru ne lokacin da jirgin ababen hawa ke tafiyar daga birnin Parachinar zuwa Peshawar, babban birnin lardin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Ba a san wanda ya aiwatar da harin ba, amma ya zo mako guda bayan hukumomin yankin suka buka babbar hanyar da ta kasance a kulle shekaru bayan rikice-rikice masu tsanani. Ministan cikin gida, Mohsin Naqvi, ya ce akasari mutane 43 ne suka rasu a harin ‘yan ta’adda.
Shugaban kasar Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, da Shugaban kasar, Asif Ali Zardari, sun kuma nuna rashin amincewarsu da harin, inda Sharif ya ce wa da suka kashe fararen hula ba za su tsira ba.
Mai shaida, Mir Hussain, ya ce ya gan shi gun men huÉ—u sun fito daga mota suka bukaci harshe a kan bas da motoci. ‘Ina zaton wasu mutane suna bukaci harshe daga filin noma na kusa,’ in ya ce. ‘Bukatar harshe ta ci gaba kusan minti 40.’
Ibne Ali Bangash, dan uwan daya daga cikin wa da aka kashe, ya bayyana harin a kan jirgin ababen hawa a matsayin ranar da ta fi sadu a tarihin Kurram.
Baqir Haideri, shugaban Shia na yankin, ya kuma nuna rashin amincewarsa da harin, inda ya ce adadin wadanda suka rasu zai iya karuwa. Ya zargi hukumomin yankin da kasa su ba da isassun tsaro ga jirgin ababen hawa masu yawa ba, ko da yake suna da tsoron harin daga ‘yan ta’adda.