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Pakistan: Gunmen Kill 11 at Mountain Camp in Retaliation for U.S. Drone Strike

HeadlineJun 24, 2013

In Pakistan, a group of gunmen shot dead 10 foreigners and a Pakistani guide on a mountain-climbing trip in the Himalayas. The Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliation for a U.S. drone strike last month that killed Taliban deputy chief Wali ur-Rehman and six other people. The militants disguised themselves in paramilitary police uniforms and kidnapped guides to bring them to the remote camp at the base of Nanga Parbat, one of the world’s highest mountains. They stormed the camp and opened fire, killing a U.S. citizen along with climbers from several other countries including Nepal, Ukraine and China. A spokesperson for the Pakistani Taliban told the Associated Press: “By killing foreigners, we wanted to give a message to the world to play their role in bringing an end to the drone attacks.”

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