Information About Incident 66567-135512-343784 in Gilgit Pakistan

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Home Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Doctor Attaur Rehman said that the militants had not planned to kill the tourists but, instead, wanted to kidnap the group to demand ransom.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan
• Matched District: Gilgit
• Actgroup: kill, kill, kill, kill
• Actor: the militants, the militants, the militants, the militants
• Subject: the tourists, the tourists, the tourists, the tourists

Context

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Senate s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations while putting forward an investigation report on the June 22, 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre disclosed on November 19 that the assassins who killed 11 foreign tourists wanted to kidnap them for ransom, reports The Express Tribune. Home Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Doctor Attaur Rehman said that the militants had not planned to kill the tourists but, instead, wanted to kidnap the group to demand ransom. However, one of the militants fired at them, killing ten of them and their cook.

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