In  a major success, police in Pakistan have arrested an alleged master-mind and his accompl-ice for June 22, 2013 Nanga Parbat attack in which 10 foreign climbers were killed by militants.

Islamabad, Sept 6/Nationalturk -: Police in Pakistan have arrested an alleged mastermind and his accomplice for June 22, 2013 Nanga Parbat attack in which 10 foreign climbers were killed by militants in a base camp in the Himalayas.

“Police during a raid arrested Qaribullah, the mastermind of the Nanga Parbat massacre and his accomplice Mohammad Nabi alias Qari Hasnain in Chilas town in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan,” a senior police official said.

Giving further details, he said Qaribullah and his accomplice were arrested from a house in Thak valley in Gilgit Baltistan. “It was a sudden raid and the militants were given no chance to react or fire on the team. There was no resistance from the two men.”

The official said Qaribullah and Nabi have also been accused of killing three investigating officers – Colonel Ghulam Mustafa, Captain Ashfaq and SP Diamer Hilal Ahmed – who were investigating the killing of foreign tourists.

Qaribullah is member of TTP: Police

“Qaribullah is a member of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),” said a senior police official Mohammad Naveed.

On June 22 this year, the militants wearing police uniforms had stormed a base camp at the foot of the Nanga Parbat, Pakistan’s second highest peak, and killed the foreign trekkers and the local guide. The victims included an American with US and Chinese citizenship, three Ukrainians, two Chinese, two Slovakians, one Lithuanian and one Nepalese.

Pakistan Taliban had responsibility of killing foreign tourists

Pakistan Taliban had claimed responsibility for the attack. “The militant group has created a new faction, Junood ul-Hafsa, to kill foreigners to avenge US drone strikes on Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives in the northwest of the country,” the Taliban spokesman had claimed.

The Gilgit-Baltistan region was considered immune from much of militancy till June 22 when the gruesome attack took place.

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