No fewer than ten members of the same family which included a two-year-old, were killed in a brutal late-night attack in northwest Pakistan, police confirmed on Thursday morning.
Two brothers, their wives and six children aged 12 and under were killed along with a guest in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday night.
“The initial investigation does not suggest any connection to terrorism,” district police chief Tariq Habib told AFP.
Africa Today nter-family feuds are common in Pakistan, but in the northwestern region — where communities abide by traditional honour codes — they can be particularly violent, lasting for generations.
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“We cannot dismiss the possibility of a personal vendetta as we further investigate the incident,” police official Mamoor Shah told AFP.
“They were killed with a sharp-edged weapon and some had bullet injuries,” he said.
The incident was reported to police by neighbours of the family.
In March last year in the same province, 11 people including a prominent local politician were killed in an ambush blamed on a decades-long vendetta between families.
Sixteen people were also killed within a matter of minutes in the province last May when two tribes clashed over a decades-long land dispute.
In another report, no fewer than three people have been dead and dozens of homes and businesses burnt to the ground after a jihadist attack on a village in northern Mozambique local officials disclosed on Saturday.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the village of Ntontwe which is located on the main road linking the northeast and south of the restive Cabo Delgado province — has been attacked several times by jihadists.
“Our village was attacked. My house was burnt down. A total of 43 houses in our village were burnt down and three people were killed,” said a village leader from Ntontwe, describing Wednesday’s attack.
Security sources confirmed the same death toll.