Gunmen opened fire on Muslims in a remote town in northwestern Pakistan, sparking sectarian gun battles that left at least 10 people dead and 83 wounded, officials said Saturday. The trouble began Friday when unidentified people began shooting near a mosque in Parachinar, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier province bordering Afghanistan. Authorities immediately imposed a curfew and summoned troops, who were trying to restore order in the town, said Arbab Mohammed Arif Khan, secretary for law and order in Pakistan's tribal regions. «People from both sects damaged each other's property on Friday and Saturday, and sporadic clashes are still continuing there,» he said, adding that officials were still investigating to determine what sparked the riots, according to foreign agencies reports.
