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| Gunmen 'kill 10 tourists' in Kashmir | |
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| Gunmen have killed 10 foreign tourists after storming a hotel in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, police say. | |
| The attack is reported to have happened in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. | |
| It is not yet clear where the tourists were from although a police officer quoted by Reuters said he had received reports that several were Chinese. | |
| Other unconfirmed reports said tourists from Ukraine and Russia were among the dead. No group has said it carried out the attack. | |
| Pakistan's Geo News quoted a local official as saying the area had been sealed off and police were hunting for the killers. | Pakistan's Geo News quoted a local official as saying the area had been sealed off and police were hunting for the killers. |
| "Unknown people entered a hotel where foreign tourists were staying last night and opened fire," Ali Sher, a senior police officer, told Reuters. | |
| "They killed 10 foreign tourists and fled." | |
| Correspondents say Gilgit-Baltistan, which borders China and Kashmir, has been considered one of the more secure areas under Pakistani control. | |
| However, in recent years it has suffered a spate of attacks by militants targeting Pakistan's Shia Muslim minority. | |
| The area is famous for its natural beauty. |