Eight people were killed and five wounded Friday when gunmen opened fire on two vehicles carrying Muslims in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region

Eight people were killed and five wounded Friday when gunmen opened fire on two vehicles carrying Muslims in Pakistan's lawless tribal region, officials said.
  
The vehicles were ambushed in Bagan town of Kurram district, near the Afghan border, and the victims "were all Shiite Muslims", a security official said. Local administration official Fazal Hussain told AFP the victims were heading in a three-vehicle caravan from the northwestern city of Parachinar to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
  
"The attackers came in two vehicles. They opened fire and fled, leaving eight people dead, including a woman and a child," he said.
  
Khalid Umarzai, another senior administrative official, confirmed the incident and said the attackers also kidnapped over 20 Shiites travelling in three coaches before fleeing.