PESHAWAR: Pakistan-based Taliban fighters opened fire on police officers investigating a June massacre of foreign climbers, killing three, officials said yesterday.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the June 22-23 pre-dawn attack when gunmen dressed as policemen stormed a base camp on Pakistan’s second-highest peak of Nanga Parbat, killing 10 climbers and a local guide.
Pakistani officers investigating the massacre were attacked in the troubled Diamar district of Gilgit-Baltistan province in the north late on Monday. Gunmen opened fire on their motorcade.
“Though no major arrests have been made so far, these officers were investigating the killings of foreigners,” police said. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on police. Reuters
