2013 Nanga Parbat massacre

Terrorist attack in Pakistan January 2021 January 2021 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre the War in North-West Pakistan Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan 250 Location of Nanga Parbat within Gilgit–Baltistan##Location of Nanga Parbat within Pakistan 35.14 74.35 Nanga Parbat center none Nanga Parbat, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Foreign mountaineering party 2013 06 22 y – 2013 06 23 y 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+05:00 Mass shooting 11 2 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Retaliation for American drone strikes in North-West Pakistan Nanga Parbat Base Camp Diamir glacier.jpg The base camp where the attack took place, with Nanga Parbat visible in the background 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.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/pakistan-gunmen-climbers_n_3484986.html Pakistan Gunmen Kill 10 Foreign Mountain Climbers Preparing Nanga Parbat Ascent Zarar Khan Sebastian Abbot Huffington Post 23 June 2013 The climbers were from various countries, including Ukraine, China, Slovakia, Lithuania and Nepal.http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-18579.aspx 10 foreign victims identified after Pakistan attack AFP via Times of Oman 2013-06-24 2013-06-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040645/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-18579.aspx 2014-01-06 deadhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/23/pakistan-mountain-climbers-shot/2449809/ Gunmen kill 9 foreign tourists in Pakistan Usatoday.com 2013-06-23 2013-06-23 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.http://www.latviannews.lv/news/1604/ 2013-06-25 Latvian citizen unscathed in Nanga Parbat terror attack due to lucky coincidence 2013-06-25 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. 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 terrorists had not been to kill the tourists, but to kidnap them for ransom.http://tribune.com.pk/story/634222/committees-findings-militants-did-not-want-to-kill-nanga-parbat-tourists/ Committee's findings: 'Militants did not want to kill Nanga Parbat tourists' Express Tribune 20 November 2013 20 November 2013 Attack At 10:00 p.m. local time on 22 June 2013, about 16 attackers entered the base camp below the Diamir face, where most mountaineers who come to climb Nanga Parbat stay. The attackers then opened fire, killing 11 people, including ten mountaineers and one local guide. Three came from Ukraine, two each from Slovakia and China, one each from Lithuania, Nepal and Pakistan, and another was an American with dual Chinese citizenship.2013-06-23 Taliban militants killed 9 foreign tourists, 2 Pakistanis Asia News https://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/taliban-militants-killed-9-foreign-tourists-2-pakistanis_857065.html 2022-06-03 Zee News enhttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-23/pakistan/40146210_1_northern-pakistan-tourists-gilgit-baltistan https://web.archive.org/web/20130626105945/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-23/pakistan/40146210_1_northern-pakistan-tourists-gilgit-baltistan dead 2013-06-26 Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in northern Pakistan 2013-06-23 The Times of India 2013-06-23 The attackers had reportedly gained access to this remote location by abducting two Pakistani guides. The site of the attack is located 4200 m 2 above sea-level and can only be approached via foot or horseback. According to a Diamer police official, Muhammad Nabi, one of the abducted guides was killed during the shootout, while the other was found and detained for questioning. He said that there was general misinformation in the media regarding the Pakistani killed. Nabi stated that the guide of the expedition was a Nepalese by the name of Sona Sherpa and not the Pakistani guide as portrayed by the local media.Sherazi Zahir Shah Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in Nanga Parbat https://www.dawn.com/news/1020142/gunmen-kill-nine-foreign-tourists-and-their-guide-in-nanga-parbat The Daily Dawn 23 June 2013 30 June 2013 Zhang Jingchuan, a Chinese mountaineer who survived the assault, described his ordeal in a press-conference held at Kunming in the Yunnan province of China. He recalled the attack being sudden. He said that he was shot at and a bullet flew over his head. After that, he stated he got out and started running blindly towards a trench 30 m 1 away. Upon reaching the trench he jumped in and stayed there for 40 minutes. After that he made his way back to the cabin, where he called the police from a satellite phone. According to Zhang, a helicopter arrived nine hours after the incident, at first light, during which time he had grabbed an ice-axe and had moved to higher ground. Zhang Jingchuan also noted that before shooting the climbers, the attackers collected the climbers' passports and took their photos.2013-06-28 Chinese survivor of Nanga Parbat speaks of ordeal http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/06/28/news/national/chinese-survivor-of-nanga-parbat-attack-speaks-of-ordeal/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130630025346/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/06/28/news/national/chinese-survivor-of-nanga-parbat-attack-speaks-of-ordeal/ 2013-06-30 30 June 2013 Pakistan Todayhttp://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/massacre-in-the-himalayas-20130731#ixzz2bDsUSWG9 Massacre in the Himalayas, August 2013 2013-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20130808060219/http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/massacre-in-the-himalayas-20130731#ixzz2bDsUSWG9 2013-08-08 dead Sher Khan, a Pakistani climber who survived the attack, revealed more details. According to his report, the terrorists first made the climbers give them money, satellite phones and radio sets, then tied the climbers' hands with ropes. After that, they asked the climbers to turn their faces in the opposite direction and shot them immediately.2013-06-28 Climbers Recount Murder on Famous Pakistan Peak https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130628-nanga-parbat-pakistan-mountaineering-climbers-world-murder-poland-nepal-china-lithuania https://web.archive.org/web/20210618122708/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130628-nanga-parbat-pakistan-mountaineering-climbers-world-murder-poland-nepal-china-lithuania dead 18 June 2021 2022-06-03 Adventure en The perpetrators identified themselves as "al-Qaida" and "Taliban". Some were teenagers, while others were in their twenties and the leader was older. "They were shouting God is Great, long live Islam and long live Osama bin Laden," Sher Khan remembered. "They kept shouting as they left. I remember one shouting: 'this is revenge for Sheikh bin Laden.'"Burke Jason 2013-07-23 How Taliban brought new terror to Pakistan's Killer Mountain http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/taliban-pakistan-killer-mountain 2022-06-03 The Guardian en This shooting was the first time an attack on mountaineers occurred in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, which was generally considered free from militancy apart from sporadic attacks on the minority Shi'ite Muslims.Ahmad Jibran 23 June 2013 Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists, two locals in northern Pakistan Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-tourists-idUSBRE95M01620130623 2022-06-03Tourists killed at north Pakistan mountain camp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23018706 BBC 23 June 2013 23 June 2013Ningzhu Zhu 10 including 9 foreigners killed in Pakistan's northern area of Gilgit http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/23/c_132478579.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130623083052/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/23/c_132478579.htm dead 23 June 2013 Xinhua 23 June 2013 According to later information, the terrorists planned to kidnap Chen Honglu (the dual Chinese-American citizen) to trade him for a Taliban commander in Afghanistan. As the attack unfolded in the Nanga Parbat base camp, Chen burst out of his tent and tackled one of the terrorists using martial arts techniques. The terrorist, named Mujeeb, panicked and shot him, destroying the main purpose of the mission and infuriating the terrorist commanders. The remaining climbers were then tied up and shot. The attackers then walked for five hours to a remote village where they buried their uniforms and had breakfast before walking on to another village and dispersing.2014-06-29 Chinese-American prime target in Nanga Parbat massacre https://tribune.com.pk/story/728722/chinese-american-prime-target-in-nanga-parbat-massacre 2022-06-03 The Express Tribune en Perpetrators The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released later that day. The group claimed it was a retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Wali-ur-Rehman, a Taliban commander,2013-06-08 Imran Khan tweets: Dead TTP commander Waliur Rehman 'pro-peace' http://tribune.com.pk/story/560646/imran-khan-tweets-slain-ttp-commander-waliur-rehman-pro-peace 2022-06-03 The Express Tribune en on 29 May 2013. The TTP's spokesperson, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said "Through this killing we gave a message to (the) international community to ask (the) U.S. to stop drone strikes".Khan Haq Nawaz 23 June 2013 Taliban kills foreign climbers in Pakistan The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/taliban-kills-foreign-climbers/2013/06/23/a811ea4c-dbef-11e2-a484-7b7f79cd66a1_story.html 2013-06-23 Another TTP-associated terrorist group, Jundallah, which is notorious for organizing attacks on Shia Muslims and for its involvement in the Balochistan insurgency against Iran and Pakistan, had also previously claimed responsibility. Victims List of fatalities in the massacre:Massacre near Nanga Parbat: Victims have been identified Victims Country Names Notes 3 Ukraine Ihor Sverhun, 47 Badavi Kashayev, 54 Dmytro Koniayev, 43 Sverhun was the team leader and had climbed six eight-thousanders in the past.All three of the deceased Ukrainian mountaineers were from Kharkiv.Three Kharkiv mountain-climbers among tourists killed in Pakistan, Interfax-Ukraine (24 June 2013) 2 Slovakia Anton Dobeš, 50 Peter Šperka sk, 57 Slovak mountaineers, ski-alpinists; Dobeš was a local politician and Šperka was a rescue worker in the High Tatras mountain range. 2 China Yang Chunfeng, 45 Jianfeng Rao zh 饶剑峰, 49 Yang was a leading Chinese mountaineer who had climbed eleven eight-thousanders.Rao was another leading Chinese mountaineer who had climbed ten eight-thousanders.The shattered dream of two avid mountaineers 1 China / United States Honglu Chen, 50American national with dual Chinese citizenship.The Express Tribune: Nanga Parbat assault: Tragedy in Himalayas8000ers.com: Memorial table with achievements, 24 June, 2013 1 Lithuania Ernestas Markšaitis, 44 Solo-climbed Broad Peak, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world (located in Pakistan) in 2012, attempted K2 (also located in Pakistan) that same year, attempted Dhaulagiri (in Nepal) and other eight-thousanders in the past.Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley 1 Nepal Sona Sherpa, 35 Nepalese mountaineer who climbed K2 (located in Pakistan) in 20122013-06-24 Massacre near Nanga Parbat: Victims have been identified https://pamirtimes.net/2013/06/24/massacre-near-nanga-parbat-victims-have-been-identified/ 2022-06-03 PAMIR TIMES en-US 1 Pakistan Ali Hussain, 28Pakistani cookJuly 2015 in one of the teams (not a guide as previously thought). Investigation and arrests general disorganization January 2021 Following the incident, the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Nisar Ali Khan, suspended the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan for their failure to provide effective security to the tourists. He further stated that an inquiry would be held to determine the cause of the incident. A day following the attack, Nisar told the National Assembly of Pakistan that an investigation committee consisting of the Chief of Army Staff (Ashfaq Parvez Kayani), the Director General of the ISI (Zaheerul Islam), representatives from other intelligence agencies and officials from the Gilgit-Baltistan police had been formed to investigate the incident. A local jirga was also formed in Diamer.Ch. Nisar suspends IG Police of Gilgit after the tourist deaths http://pakistanpost.org/ch-nisar-suspends-ig-police-of-gilgit-after-the-tourist-deaths/ Pakistan Post 30 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130806015850/http://pakistanpost.org/ch-nisar-suspends-ig-police-of-gilgit-after-the-tourist-deaths/ 6 August 2013 dead dmy-all Immediately after the investigation started, 37 suspects were arrested from the villages surrounding the site of the attack. However, IGP Zakaria later said that 33 of them were porters who gave important information regarding the attack. All 37 were released after questioning.Killing of foreign tourists: 37 suspects arrested http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=106605 Geo News 2013-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20130627135031/http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=106605 2013-06-27 dead16 Nanga Parbat attackers identified http://tribune.com.pk/story/569001/16-nanga-parbat-attackers-identified/ The Express Tribune 26 June 2013 30 June 2013 A significant breakthrough was made four days after the incident when all 16 of the attackers were identified. According to the police chief, Zakaria, the help from the local Diamer jirga was instrumental in this development. The men volunteering in the jirga were dropped off into various adjacent valleys and then picked up for a debriefing in Chilas. The police chief further stated that all the attackers were local, with 10 of them belonging to Diamer, three to Mansehra and three of them belonging to Kohistan. The ten Diamer valley residents were identified as Hidayat Ullah, Shafiqullah, Qari Rafaqat, Sana Ullah, Malik Nijad, Azizullah, Mahfoozul Haq, Mujeed, Shafi Muhammad and Hazrat Oman. The Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, Munir Badini, was hesitant in linking them to the Pakistani Taliban but confirmed that from the reports he received, the assailants were trained in FATA, a place 760 km 2 downhill that is a hotbed of extremism and borders Afghanistan.FATA to Diamer Valley https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=FATA,+Pakistan&daddr=Diamer+Basha+Dam+Site,+Khyber+Pakhtunkhwa,+Pakistan&hl=en&ll=34.116352,72.158203&spn=3.546971,4.938354&sll=34.456748,73.287048&sspn=1.766432,2.469177&geocode=FVR38gEdnfkpBCltcHzbSPbXODH1MjpDAfLSkg%3BFcj_HQIdYyNlBCkNVpHW3J3nODENcz-JAOwARA&oq=FATA&mra=ls&t=m&z=8 Google Maps 30 June 2013 On June 30, 2013, a week after the assault, the Deputy Inspector General of Police for Gilgit-Baltistan police, Ali Sher, told the media that one of the attackers, Shafi Muhammad, was arrested in a house in the nearby town of Chilas. He said the attacker had been taking refuge in this house since the attack and arresting him was major milestone in resolving this case. Another attacker, Shafiqullah, was arrested later the same day.Peer Muhammad One of 16 Nanga Parbat attackers arrested: Police http://tribune.com.pk/story/570438/one-of-16-nanga-parbat-attackers-arrested-police/ The Express Tribune 30 June 2013 30 June 2013Mir, Shabbir. "Nanga Parbat probe: Another suspected attacker arrested in Chilas". The Express Tribune. On July 6, 2013, the police arrested another person from Chilas believed to be involved in the shooting. Sher, in a press conference, stated that efforts to arrest all perpetrators had stepped up and more arrests would take place in the coming days. On July 15, 2013, four out of the 16 suspected attackers had been arrested. The identity of the fourth perpetrator was undisclosed. The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Relations called a special meeting to get an update from the Gilgit-Baltistan authorities on the progress of investigation. The chairman of the Senate Committee, Haji Mohammad Adeel, said that he was concerned that there was no tangible progress in bringing the culprits to justice. The Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, Mohammad Younus Dhaga, was briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Relations over the attack on Nanga Parbat saying that "it was unexpected that foreign tourists would be targeted in the area, since no tourist was killed there since 1854." Haji Mohammad Adeel disagreed, saying, "no attack is carried out by making the plan public; it is the intelligence agencies' task to assess areas, while being cognisant of the overall security atmosphere.""Terror attack in G-B: Senate panel seeks update on Nanga Parbat progress", The Express Tribune of Pakistan, July 15, 2013"Foreigners' massacre: Nanga Parbat happened on Taliban orders, says G-B officer", The Express Tribune of Pakistan, July 16, 2013 On August 7, 2013, Taliban killed three security officials who were investigating the Nanga Parbat massacre. Gunmen opened fire on the officers' vehicle in Chilas in the Diamer district while it was returning from the house of the deputy commissioner. The officials who were killed included a police official, Superintendent Hilal Ahmed, who was driving the vehicle, Captain Ashfaq Aziz and Colonel Ghulam Mustafa. The latter two belonged to the Pakistan Army and were responsible for the internal security of the district.Mir Shabbir Terror in Gilgit-Baltistan: Nanga Parbat investigators shot dead in Chilas http://tribune.com.pk/story/587534/terror-in-gilgit-baltistan-nanga-parbat-investigators-shot-dead-in-chilas/ The Express Tribune 6 August 2013 20 August 2013Taliban kill Pakistan officers probing massacre of foreign climbers, August 6, 2013 The death of army officials prompted the Pakistan Army to enter the district for the first time since the incident. The army conducted a targeted operation in four places in Chilas while the entry and exit points to the town were sealed and Army Aviation helicopters hovered above. The operations lasted till late in the evening of August 11, 2013. An undisclosed number of suspects were rounded up as a result.Khan Farooq Ahmed Pak Army enters Chilas to conduct targeted operation https://www.dawn.com/news/1035207 The Daily Dawn 11 August 2013 20 August 2013 On August 19, 2013, it was reported that all 20 of the men supposed to be behind the Nanga Parbat attack had been arrested. The series of arrests were started by an army operation earlier in the week and ended with a targeted police operation in the suspected hideouts of these terrorists. According to the newly instated SP of Diamer district, Muhammad Navid, the arrested terrorists were also responsible for the February 2012 Kohistan Shia Massacre, in which 18 Shi'ite Muslims were killed. Navid further said that intelligence agencies played a pivotal role in the arrests and that further information would be released in a couple of days.Khan Farooq Ahmed Men behind 'Nanga Parbat massacre' arrested https://www.dawn.com/news/1036913 The Daily Dawn 19 August 2013 20 August 2013 The Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, Younis Dagha, announced that among the arrested on August 19, 2013, was the terrorist Qaribullah ("Hasan"), a former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan leader of the Chilas unit, who might be the mastermind of the Nanga Parbat attack, as well as M Nabi (Qari Husnain), who was a suspect in the murder of government officials on August 7, 2013.Nanga Parbat attack mastermind arrested: G-B Chief Secretary, The Express Tribune, September 5, 2013 June 2014, five out of 18 detained suspects were still in custody. However several terrorist sources say only one of them was involved in the attack, while the rest were forced to confess. Mujeeb remained in hiding in the forests of the district, where, from time to time, he was making audio recordings of terrorist poetry that were being brought into the markets of Gilgit. According to Bashir Qureshi, a member of the negotiating team assigned to bring the culprits out of hiding, there were many grey areas in the case. "Nothing is clear, they have mixed up four different cases to give an impression that all the perpetrators have been arrested but the real perpetrators are still at large", he said. 2015 Gilgit District jail escape On 27 February 2015, four inmates made an attempt to escape from the Gilgit District jail. Of the two who managed to flee, one was alleged to have been involved in the Nanga Parbat mountaineering attack. Security agencies started an operation to capture the escapees, but 2015 3 4 y the escaped inmates had not been captured. A reward 2000000 PKR was also announced by the Gilgit–Baltistan Home Secretary, Sibtain Ahmed, for people who helped the authorities in capturing Habib-ur-Rehman, the escaped inmate allegedly involved in the massacre at Nanga Parbat. 2015-02-27 GB jail escape: Man involved in Nanga Parbat massacre among two fleeing prisoners https://www.dawn.com/news/1166259 2022-06-03 DAWN.COM enhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2015/02/150226_gilgit_jail_break_tim گلگت جیل سے نانگا پربت حملے کا ایک ملزم فرار، دوسرا ہلاک 27 February 2015 4 March 2015 ur One alleged in Nanga Parbat attack escapes Gilgit jail, another killed Reactions Pakistan – Pakistan Army helicopters were sent to retrieve the bodies of the killed mountaineers, while Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari issued statements condemning the attack. The Gilgit–Baltistan Assembly passed a unanimous resolution condemning the "barbaric attack". One day after the incident, thousands of people from Chilas took to the streets to express solidarity with the relatives of the deceased. Shops and businesses also remained closed.Mir Shabbir 2013-06-25 On the record: G-B lawmakers condemn Nanga Parbat killings http://tribune.com.pk/story/568246/on-the-record-g-b-lawmakers-condemn-nanga-parbat-killings 2022-06-03 The Express Tribune en Two days after the incident, scores of people gathered to hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims about 300 km -1 away from the site of the attack. Members of the civil society and the Pakistani government were present at the gathering, and attendees held placards inscribed with messages that denounced terrorism and empathized with the bereaved families.Mir Shabbir 2013-06-27 Nanga Parbat tragedy: Locals, politicians attend candlelight vigil http://tribune.com.pk/story/568738/nanga-parbat-tragedy-locals-politicians-attend-candlelight-vigil 2022-06-03 The Express Tribune en The local mountaineering expedition organizer, the Alpine Club of Pakistan, also censured the "deplorable and heinous act of terrorism". United Nations – Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, issued a statement condemning the attack and said that he was "deeply concerned about the recent wave of violence in Pakistan" and that the "UN will grant the Pakistani government full support in the face of terrorism and extremism." He also urged the Government of Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice.Nanga Parbat tragedy: Ban urges government to take immediate action http://pakistantimesusa.net/pakistan/?p=1565 Pakistan Times (USA) 28 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130831225902/http://pakistantimesusa.net/pakistan/?p=1565 31 August 2013 dead Germany – Two German expedition organizers, Hauser Exkursionen and Amical Alpin cancelled their trips to Nanga Parbat in the wake of the attack.Nestler Stefan Taliban mountain attack could hurt tourism http://www.dw.de/taliban-mountain-attack-could-hurt-tourism/a-16904737 Deutsche Welle 28 June 2013 Ukraine – The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry categorically condemned the attacks, asking the Pakistani government to compensate the bereaved and bring the culprits to justice as soon as possible.Ukraine condemns attack on climbers in Pakistan https://www.dawn.com/news/1020477 The Daily Dawn 24 June 2013 28 June 2013Nanga Parbat Massacre: Families of Ukrainian climbers demand compensation China – The Government of the People's Republic of China adopted an aggressive stance after the incident and asked their Pakistani counterparts to "severely punish" the perpetrators and ensure the security of their citizens.Sherazi Zahir Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in Nanga Parbat https://www.dawn.com/news/1020142/gunmen-kill-nine-foreign-tourists-and-their-guide-in-nanga-parbat The Daily Dawn 23 June 2013 28 June 2013 Latvia – The Foreign Minister of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, stated in a tweet following the attack that "Our mountain climber was not at the camp during the attack. A lucky coincidence. However, it is also a reminder that no one is safe from terrorists."Latvian citizen unscathed in Nanga Parbat terror attack due to lucky coincidence http://www.latviannews.lv/news/1604/ Latvian News 13 August 2013 Non-state reactions International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) – President Frits Vrijlandt condemned the attack.UIAA Condemns Attack on Nanga Parbat Mountaineers http://www.theuiaa.org/news_450_UIAA-condemns-attacks-on-Nanga-Parbat-mountaineers UIAA 28 June 2013 8 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131208104818/http://theuiaa.org/news_450_UIAA-condemns-attacks-on-Nanga-Parbat-mountaineers dead Families of the Ukrainian climbers who were killed in the terrorist attack at the Nanga Parbat base camp have demanded compensation of 300000 USD for each of the deceased. The Government of Pakistan had previously refused the requests of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide monetary compensation to the families of the killed climbers; lawyers said they intended to appeal.Nanga Parbat Massacre: Families of Ukrainian climbers demand compensation, September, 16, 2013 References 33em 35 27 18 N 73 56 59 E region:AF_source:kolossus-ruwiki title Category:Massacres in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Category:2013 murders in Pakistan Category:21st-century mass murders in Pakistan Category:Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2013 Category:June 2013 crimes in Asia Category:June 2013 in Pakistan Category:Massacres in 2013 Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013 Category:21st century in Gilgit-Baltistan Category:2013 in international relations Category:Mass shootings in Pakistan Category:2013 mass shootings in Asia 2013 massacre Category:Ukrainian people murdered abroad Category:Chinese people murdered abroad Category:American people murdered abroad Category:Attacks on tourists in Kashmir Category:Tourism in Pakistan Category:Mountaineering disasters Category:Crime in Gilgit-Baltistan Category:Terrorist incidents during the Kashmir conflict