Sectarian violence flares up in DI Khan

PESHAWAR (AFP) - Three people were shot dead Sunday and nine wounded in gun and grenade attacks
Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan, police said.
In the first attack, gunmen travelling on a motorcycle opened fire on two Shias in the main bazaar of the town
before fleeing the scene, local police officer Naimatullah Khan said.
The victims who died on the spot were brothers. They belonged to the Shia community, he told AFP.
Hours after the shooting a man hurled a grenade at a shop near a Sunni mosque injuring four people, said Ashiq
Saleem, a senior official at the local hospital. Police officers confirmed the attack.
The incident triggered tensions and shops and markets were closed in the area of Dera Ismail Khan near the
mosque, residents said.
Later Sunday in the town, a gunman opened fire on people shopping at a vendors stall, Khan said, killing one
man and wounding five others from the majority Sunni sect.
Our Monitoring Desk adds: the District Police Officer said motorcycles, including motorcycle rickshaws would be
banned in the town for an indefinite period, reports a private TV channel.