At least five people were killed and over 24 others injured today in sectarian clashes in Gilgit city in northern Pakistan, police said.
Curfew was imposed in Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan region, shortly after 10 am following clashes between Shias and Sunnis.
Authorities made announcements asking people to stay indoors.
The Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal-Jamaat, a radical Sunni group, had called for a strike in Gilgit to press the government to release some of its supporters, who were arrested in connection with the firing on a procession of a rival group last month.
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