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| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the most brazen attacks on foreigners in the country in recent years, unidentified gunmen killed nine foreign nationals and one Pakistani in northern Pakistan on Sunday, according to the country’s interior minister. | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the most brazen attacks on foreigners in the country in recent years, unidentified gunmen killed nine foreign nationals and one Pakistani in northern Pakistan on Sunday, according to the country’s interior minister. |
| The dead included five Ukrainians and three Chinese, officials said. Their Pakistani guide was also killed in the attack. The nationality of the ninth tourist was unclear. | |
| Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the interior minister, told the national assembly Sunday morning that unidentified gunmen, wearing security forces uniforms, stormed a base camp of foreigners around 1 a.m. Sunday and opened fire. They managed to escape after the attack. | Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the interior minister, told the national assembly Sunday morning that unidentified gunmen, wearing security forces uniforms, stormed a base camp of foreigners around 1 a.m. Sunday and opened fire. They managed to escape after the attack. |
| A Sunni militant group named Jundullah claimed responsibility for the attack, the BBC reported. | |
| Mr. Khan said the government had suspended the police chief and the chief secretary of Gilgit Baltistan, a picturesque mountainous region famous for its peaks and valleys. The foreigners were climbers and planned to climb Nanga Parbat which, at 26,660 feet, is the world’s ninth highest mountain and Pakistan’s second highest peak. | |
| Pakistani officials portrayed the attacks as an attempt to disrupt friendly relations with other countries. | Pakistani officials portrayed the attacks as an attempt to disrupt friendly relations with other countries. |
| “It is not just an attack on tourists,” Mr. Khan said. “It is an attack on Pakistan.” | “It is not just an attack on tourists,” Mr. Khan said. “It is an attack on Pakistan.” |
| A spokesman for the Pakistani ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that “the government of Pakistan expresses its deep sense of shock and grief on this brutal act of terrorism, and extends its sympathy to the families of the victims. Those who have committed this heinous crime seem to be attempting to disrupt the growing relations of Pakistan with China and other friendly countries.” | A spokesman for the Pakistani ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that “the government of Pakistan expresses its deep sense of shock and grief on this brutal act of terrorism, and extends its sympathy to the families of the victims. Those who have committed this heinous crime seem to be attempting to disrupt the growing relations of Pakistan with China and other friendly countries.” |
| Aizaz Chaudhry, the spokesman, said that a special assistant to the prime minister for foreign affairs spoke to the ambassadors of China and Ukraine to offer condolences on the death of the tourists. The Pakistani foreign secretary also called the ambassadors of China and Ukraine to express condolences on behalf of the government. | Aizaz Chaudhry, the spokesman, said that a special assistant to the prime minister for foreign affairs spoke to the ambassadors of China and Ukraine to offer condolences on the death of the tourists. The Pakistani foreign secretary also called the ambassadors of China and Ukraine to express condolences on behalf of the government. |
| Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and vowed that every effort would be made to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists. | Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and vowed that every effort would be made to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists. |