As the military forces allegedly shot into the PTM protest gathering, more than 13 PTM supporters were killed and over 25 others were injured. The military claimed that one soldier was also killed in the incident.[4][5][6] Several PTM activists, including the Members of National Assembly (MNAs) Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, were arrested by the security forces after the incident and curfew was imposed in the area. Mohsin Dawar, representative of North Waziristan in the parliament, said that the gathering had been organized by peaceful and unarmed activists to protest against the beating up of a woman by the military on May 25 and other human rights abuses in the area.[5] Dawar's security guards were armed though, as admitted by his aide.[8][9] The military alleged that the PTM leaders wanted to “exert pressure for release of suspected terrorists’ facilitators”.[7] The military claimed that the PTM activists opened fire first hurting several soldiers,[10] however, this was disputed.[1] There is, however, no independent corroboration of both the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and Pakistani military claims.[10]