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Men behind ‘Nanga Parbat massacre’ arrested
GILGIT: The Diamer Police on Monday claimed a major breakthrough in the investigation of the Nanga Parbat massacre by arresting over 20 attackers following a targeted operation.
The Nanga Parbat massacre took place in late June this year when ten people including foreign climbers and a Pakistani cook were gunned down at the base camp.
“We have arrested some 20 men in connection with the killings of locals and foreigners. We reached the hideouts of the terrorists involved in the assassination of security officials, foreign tourists and sectarian killings on Karakoram Highway and Naran-Kaghan road (Lolo Sar) after tremendous efforts,” Superintendent of Police Diamer District Muhammad Navid said.
“These men also carried out sectarian killings during 2012 in Harban Das, Lolo Sar points in which Shia passengers were lined up after identification and shot dead,” he informed.
He added that men were behind the killings of foreign tourists in Diamori Point of Bunar Das and the investigators of Nanga Parbat massacre including a SSP, a colonel and a captain were also traced.
He lauded the joint efforts of Pak Army, law enforcement agencies and police in apprehending the criminals and added: “The intelligence agencies played a pivotal role during the operation.”
“In another two days, we will reveal more details about the terrorists that we have arrested. Due to the sensitivity of the issue, we can’t give out anymore information,” the official said.
He added that the arrested individuals would be tried in Diamer district court and none of them would be sent to any other place.
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Great job - I hope they never see the daylight again if indeed they committed these crimes.
Good work by our law enforcement and security agencies. I hope they will be convicted soon.
Good work done by the police and intelligence agency. Give these terrorists death punishment.This is the only way to eliminate terrorism from our society.
Should hang the real culprit publicly within 30 days. Those involved in Sri Lanka team terrorism have still not their fate.
Convict these murderers in a terrorists court within a week and the death sentence to be executed within two weeks. No exceptions at all if we want to bring Law and Order back in the country.
Yeh baat !!
Now make an example of them in Public - so the whole world knows that how treat terrorists!
Bravo! I hope they get a fair trial and made an example out of if found guilty.
job well done! now release them (thanks to our court system).. rimsha masih case anyone?
Good job done. I hope they will get same justice as they give to others.
.......and when will the courts release them on no evidence or witness turning hostile or contridictary holes in the prosecutions case. I say this because justice is never seen to be done and that is the most important thing.
Great news! A job well done by the security agencies! I hope swift justice is meted out to these murderers and they are sent to the gallows to set an example for all other cowardly terrorists.
Unless culprits are hung for their crimes swiftly, nothing will change. Do not suspend capital punishment.
These men will meet the same fate as faced by the cleric that accused Rimsha of burning Quran.
Hang them before another DIG khan jail break happens
good work guys. well done!!! we need more brave men like these.
finally some good news. keep it up guys
...and now he will be kept in jail till TTP pulls off another amazing jailbreak and free him ... along with 100s of others ...
Religion is pulling apart Pakistan and the whole Muslim world, is it not the time now to take a deep look into the religion and redefine a few things in it.
Good to Hear that these Fanatics have been arrested!!!!!
No Mercy at all for these killers. Hang them in a public place.
These terrorist should be publicly hanged
These should also be lined up and shot to dead as the did with innocent GB citizens. LIVE LONE PAK ARMY...
One word "encounter!"
@Anum: not the court system but the excellent work by our police invistigators.
@Vijay: all negative comments on the effort by PAK police are from Indians. What a biased and unjust Indians. Who knows the Indian RAW may have been involved in the massacre