TTP claims responsibility for killing tourists in Gilgit-Baltistan

Banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the killing of nine foreign tourists and their guide in Gilgit-Balitistan.

TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan called The Express Tribune and said the group's faction named Junud-e-Hafsa carried out the brutal attack.

According to the report, the group carried out the attack to revenge against the US drone attacks and killing of TTP chief Waliur Rehman Mehsud.

Government officials said five Ukrainians and a number of Chinese, one Pakistani died in the attack.

The climbers were staying at a first camp, around 4,200 feet from Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, the report added.