Dressed in police uniforms, islamic militants shot and killed nine foreign visitors and a Pakistan before dawn Sunday, they visited one of the highest mountain in the world, in a remote area of northern Pakistan, officials say.
Foreigners who were killed, including five Ukrainian, three Chinese and one Russian, Pakistan's interior minister chaudhry nisar ali khan said. A Chinese tourists were injured in the attack and rescued after, he said.
The local branch of the taliban killed responsibility, said it was revenge leader was killed in a drone strikes.
Tourism could damage national struggle. Pakistan's northern mountains - is considered safer - so far with rebel troubled countries and other political instability of the main attractions.
The attack occurred in nanga parbat peak stronghold, 9 in the highest mountain in the world at 8126 metres (26660 feet). Nanga parbat peak is notoriously difficult to climb, known as "killer mountain", because in the past many of the mountain death. If tourists are going to climb a mountain, or just to visit gilgit in Pakistan - the balti's stronghold, is unclear.
Gunmen wearing uniforms used by gilgit scouts, a paramilitary police forces patrolling the area, the interior minister said. Attackers kidnapped two local tour guide to find your way to a remote base. Khan said the tour guide was killed in photography, and other detained and questioned.
In the national assembly has passed a resolution condemning the incident, the interior minister, said in a statement: "the government will take all measures to ensure the safety of foreign tourists.
Pakistani taliban spokesman ahmed chalabi Ahsanullah has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they Jundul filmed the seminary group retaliation for the death of the taliban's deputy leader, Waliur rehman, on May 29, drone attacks in the United States.
"Kill the foreigners, we would like to take a message to play their part in the world, bringing an end to the drone strikes," ahmed chalabi mulberry told the Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Attacks against the Pakistani people accompanied by the tourists, and spend their own money, and put them together, a local senior government officials said. They inspected the Pakistan people's identity, shooting one death, that may be because he is one of the few shia muslims, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to speak, because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Gilgit - although the balti Stan is a relatively peaceful area, has experienced radical attacks on Shiite muslims, sunni muslims in the last few years.
The attackers took the money and passport of the foreigner, and then shot them down, "the official said. It is unclear what Chinese tourists rescued managed to avoid being killed.
Local police chief Mr. Ali carter said they first learned that when a local tour guide call police station 1 o 'clock in the morning on Sunday's attack.
The Pakistani government condemned the shooting in a statement to reporters.
"The Pakistani government with deep sense of shock and grief, for the barbaric ACTS of terrorism, and extend its expressed sympathy to the families of the victims, said," a statement released by the ministry of foreign affairs. "Who committed this heinous crimes seems to be trying to undermine Pakistan's relationship with China and other friendly countries."
China has very close relationship with neighboring Pakistan, is a very sensitive problem, that might damage relations. , the ministry of foreign affairs said that Pakistani officials had reached representatives from China and Ukraine to convey their compassion.
Many foreign tourists away, because the access to large amounts of the islamic militant group in Pakistan, such as the taliban and al qaeda, mostly live in the northwest close to the Afghan border of a country, is the perceived danger. But the relatively small number of powerful foreigners during the summer vacation to gilgit - the balti Stan amazing Yu Feng Himalayan and karakoram range, including K2, the second is the highest mountain in the world.
Gilgit - the balti Stan's chief minister syed mehdi shah, condemned the attack, and expressed concern that it would result in grave damage to the region's tourism industry.
"A lot of tourists to the area, in this summer, our local people, from the money he earned," shah said. "This will not only affect our area, but will adversely affecting all of Pakistan."
Shah says authorities are still trying to what happened, to get more information to tourists. Attacks in place, the Laplace Bunar, by walking or riding on horseback, only communication can be hard, Shah said. The Laplace Bunar achieve nanga parbat peak, one of the three routes, he said.
Shah says the region has been blocked by the police, the police and paramilitary soldiers, a military helicopter search area. Foreign tourists's body was flown to Islamabad military plans, he said.
"God bless, we will find that the perpetrators of the tragic events," shah said.



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