According to sources, five children have reportedly been killed in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and their grieving relatives placed the bodies outside the entrance of a military cantonment in protest.
The report was based on a post by an account on X. That report refers to allegations circulating on social media that Pakistani military personnel were responsible for the deaths.
Sources stressed that the circumstances of the deaths, the reported protest and the allegations against military personnel have not been independently confirmed. The report included no response from the military, police or district administration, and did not give the children's identities or the exact location.
Kurram, which borders Afghanistan, has been hit hard in recent years by tribal disputes, road closures and unrest, and incidents there often lead to public protests.