Mastermind of Shia genocide in KPK and Gilgit-Baltistan tragedies arrested

05 September, 2013 11:08

taliban arest in karchiThe terrorist mastermind behind the attack on Shia Muslims and foreign trekkers has been arrested, Express News reported on Thursday.

According to the Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan Younis Dagha, the terrorist Qaribullah alias ‘Hasan’ is the former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader of the Chilas unit.
He was the mastermind of terrorist attacks on Shia Muslims and their massacre in the past. Shiites were pulled out of the buses and after confirmation of their Shia identity they were shot martyred en bloc.

On June 23, ten foreign trekkers and their Pakistani guide were mowed to death by gunmen in paramilitary fatigue at a base camp of Nanga Parbat, in Gilgit-Baltistan in an attack claimed by both the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Jundullah sectarian extremist group.
Earlier, gunmen dressed as paramilitary forces killed nine foreign tourists in an unprecedented attack in the Himalayas of Gilgit-Baltistan.
M Nabi alias Qari Husnain, a suspect in the murder of government officials, was also arrested.

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