PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - POLICE say at least nine people have been killed in clashes between supporters from two rival Muslim sects in northwestern Pakistan.
Police official Zarin Khan says more than a dozen other people were injured in the multiple shootings in Hangu district. The district has been the scene of sectarian violence in the past.
Mr Khan says the latest unrest erupted on Friday and continued on Saturday.
Mr Khan didn't say what sparked the violence but said authorities were trying to restore order.
Most of Pakistan's majority Sunni and minority Shi'ites live peacefully, but extremists on both sides often target each other's leaders.
The Sunni-Shi'ite schism over the true heir to Islam's Prophet Muhammad dates back to the seventh century. -- AP
