CNN VIDEO: “Gunmen Kill 9 Foreign Mountain Climbers at Hotel Lodge in Pakistan”

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A 2003 photograph of majestic Nanga Parbat, one of a number of 8,000-plus-meter peaks that attract the most adventurous Himalayan mountaineers.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Gunmen burst into a hotel in northern Pakistan early Sunday, killing nine foreigners, the interior minister said.

The victims were six Ukrainians and three Chinese, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told parliament on Sunday. He said a Chinese man managed to escape and is safe.

“The attackers abducted two local guides and demanded they take them to where some foreigners are staying to carry out the attack,” Khan said. “One (guide) was then killed, another escaped and has been detained by police for questioning.”

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