PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 6, SPA -- An intense gunbattle between two sects of Muslims left at least 13 people dead and seven wounded in a remote tribal area of northwestern Pakistan, a government official said Friday. The violence in the Aurakzai tribal area began lateThursday and continued Friday, when armed men from the two sects tried to enter the shrine of a sufi saint to gaincontrol of it, said Shah Zaman, government spokesman forPakistan's northwestern tribal regions. He said 13 people of the two sects had died. «It is a sad incident, and we are trying to control thesituation,» Zaman told The Associated Press. Tribal police were sent to the area, he said. Authoritieswere seeking the help of tribal elders to defuse tensions.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/394434