2013 Nanga Parbat massacre
The 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre was a terrorist attack that took place on the night of 22 June 2013 in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. About 16 terrorists, reportedly dressed in Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts uniforms, stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp and killed 11 people; 10 climbers and one local tourist 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 took place at a base camp on Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth. The mountain is popular among trekkers and mountaineers, and is typically toured from June to August because of the ideal weather conditions during these months.
| 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre | |
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| Part of the War in North-West Pakistan | |
The base camp where the attack took place, with Nanga Parbat visible in the background | |
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| Location | Nanga Parbat, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Date | 22 June 2013 – 23 June 2013 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. (Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+05:00) |
| Target | Foreign mountaineering party |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan |
| Motive | Retaliation for American drone strikes in North-West Pakistan |
In November 2013, many of the assailants involved in the attack were arrested and tried under the Anti-Terrorist Act, although most of those who were arrested had been released by 2014; the identities of the actual perpetrators were never confirmed. According to the Pakistani Senate's standing committee on foreign relations, the original motive of the militants had not been to kill the tourists, but to kidnap them for ransom.