Source : APA
Ten foreigners were among 11 people killed in a pre-dawn attack in Pakistan's northern area of Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday, said P Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, APA reports.
The identities of four foreign tourists have been determined and they includ nationals, one Chinese American and one Nepalese, said the minister, addi nationality of the remaining six are yet to be determined. The spokesman a Embassy in Islamabad confirmed that a US citizen was among the dead. Ea minister said that five Ukrainians were also killed in the attack.
The assault happened at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth mountain, in Gilgit-Baltistan. There were conflicting claims of responsibility A Pakistani militant group known as Jundullah, with a track record of attack province, was the first to say it was behind the raid. Later in the day, the Te Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the murder in an announcement m spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.
