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Identities of four foreign tourists killed in Pakistan determined

24 June 2013 08:10 (UTC +04:00)

The identities of four foreign tourists have been determined and they include two Chinese nationals, one Chinese American and one Nepalese, said the minister, adding that the nationality of the remaining six are yet to be determined. The spokesman at the US Embassy in Islamabad confirmed that a US citizen was among the dead. Earlier the 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 highest mountain, in Gilgit-Baltistan. There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack. A Pakistani militant group known as Jundullah, with a track record of attacks in the province, was the first to say it was behind the raid. Later in the day, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the murder in an announcement made by TTP spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.