(Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Pakistan's Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Polish engineer in northern Pakistan. The Polish engineer was kidnapped by unidentified militants in Attock district on northern border of Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday. The militants also shot dead the engineer's guard and two other Pakistani people. The kidnapping took place when the Polish engineer, working for an oil company, was conducting survey at Basal area of Attock district.
The police has launched a search operation for the engineer in surrounding areas. Muslim Khan, spokesman for the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan's Swat valley, said the Polish engineer is in their hands, Dawn News TV channel said. But the spokesman did not elaborate on conditions for release of the Polish engineer.