ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) claimed responsibility on Sunday for the killing of nine foreign tourists
and their guide in Gilgit-Balitistan.
The incident took place
near a camp base, where the tourists were staying.
TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah
Ehsan called The Express
Tribune and said the group’s
faction named Junud-e-Hafsa carried out the brutal attack.
He said the killing was
revenge against the US drone attacks and killing of TTP chief Waliur Rehman Mehsud.
“This will tell the
international community about our feelings and sentiments against the killing
of our fighters,” he said.
Government officials said
five Ukrainians and a number of Chinese were killed. One Pakistani also died
and one Chinese survivor has been recovered.
The climbers were staying
at a first camp, around 4,200 feet from Nanga Parbat, one of the highest
mountains in the world, in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.
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