ISLAMABAD: The bodies of eight tourists, who were gunned down by militants last week at the Nanga Parbat base camp, were airlifted to their home countries on Thursday, June 27, after being autopsied at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
Gunmen dressed as paramilitary police killed nine foreign tourists in an unprecedented attack in the Himalayas of Nanga Parbat on Sunday.
The night-time raid was among the worst attacks on foreigners in Pakistan in a decade.
Spokesperson for the proscribed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Ehsanullah Ehsan, claimed that the Janud-e-Hafsa faction of the militant organisation had carried out the attack.
Ehsan said that the attack was carried out to "avenge the killing of their front-rank leader, Waliur Rehman, and to express anger at the international community for its continued support to drone strikes."
The bodies of two Chinese tourists were airlifted to their country from Chakala Air Base in the afternoon. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Jam Kamal Khan escorted the bodies.
The bodies of three Ukrainians, two Slovakians and two Lithuanians were sent to their countries in a C-130 plane in the evening. Director General (Europe-II) Dr Saeed Khan Mohmand accompanied the bodies.
The bodies were boarded on the planes by a police contingent with full honour and respect in presence of the officials of the respective embassies.
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