2013 Nanga Parbat tourist shooting
| 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre | |
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| Part of War in North-West Pakistan | |
 Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan)
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| Location | Nanga Parbat, Kashmir, Pakistan |
| Date | 22 June 2013–23 June 2013 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. (Pakistan Standard Time) (UTC +5:00) |
| Target | Foreign mountaineering party |
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Attack type
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Mass murder |
| Deaths | 11 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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2 |
| Perpetrator | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan |
| Motive | U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani territory |
On June 22, 2013, about 16 militants, reportedly dressed in Gilgit Scouts uniforms, stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and killed 10 climbers and a local guide. The climbers were from various countries, including Ukraine, China, Slovakia, Lithuania and Nepal. A Chinese citizen managed to escape the assailants, and a member of the group from Latvia happened to be outside the camp during the attack. The attack happened at the base camp on Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world. The mountain is popular among trekkers and mountaineers from June to August because of the moderate weather conditions.
In November 2013, many of the assailants involved in the attack were arrested and tried under the Anti-Terrorist Act. According to the Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, the original motive of the militants had not been to kill the tourists, but kidnap them for ransom.
On June 22, 2013, at 10.00 p.m. local time, about 16 attackers entered the base camp, where foreign tourists who come to climb the Nanga Parbat mountains usually stay. The attackers then opened fire, killing ten tourists. One was an American with dual Chinese citizenship; three came from Ukraine, two from Slovakia, one other from China and one from Lithuania; one a Sherpa from Nepal.
The attackers had reportedly gained access to this remote location by abducting two Pakistani guides. The site of the attack is located 4,200 metres (14,000 ft) above sea-level and can only be approached via foot or horseback. According to a Diamer police official, Muhammad Nabi, one of the abducted guides, was killed during the shootout, while the other was found and detained for questioning. He said that there was general misinformation in the media regarding the Pakistani killed. Nabi stated that the guide of the expedition was a Nepalese by the name of Sona Sherpa and not the Pakistani guide as portrayed by the local media.
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