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| Gunmen abduct Pole, kill 3 in Pakistain |
| 2008-09-29 |
| Suspected militants have abducted a Polish engineer in Pakistan's volatile northwest, shooting dead three Pakistanis accompanying him. Armed men in a car ambushed a vehicle carrying a Polish engineer, his assistant, driver, and security guard, near the village of Pind Sultani in Attock district, officials said Sunday. They kidnapped the Pole and killed the other three. Police said according to witnesses the attackers fled toward Kohat, a town on the edge of the volatile tribal belt that borders Afghanistan. Poland's Foreign Ministry confirmed the kidnapping, adding the kidnappers had made no contact or demands so far. The Pole and his colleagues were traveling to oil plants northeast of the Pakistani capital to carry out some tests, the engineer's company said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The latest attack comes a week after a suicide blast targeting the five-star Marriot Hotel in central Islamabad killed 60 people, including several foreigners, raising concerns over security and the safety of foreigners in Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |