Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja among 11 confirmed dead after avalanche in Pakistan

World-renowned climber had been leading expedition on Broad Peak when avalanche struck

A world-renowned Nepali mountaineer and former UK Special Forces member has died after being among 11 climbers caught in a deadly avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.

Nirmal Purja was killed leading an expedition of 10 other people on the world’s 12th-highest mountain when an avalanche struck at around noon on Thursday.

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