QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen seized an American U.N. worker as he rode to work Monday, shooting and killing his driver, U.N. and Pakistani authorities said. His Land Cruiser was found rammed against a wall, punctured by at least one bullet hole. The United Nations expressed “extreme shock and dismay” at the rare attack in a region that has largely been spared the al-Qaida and Taliban insurgency wracking much of northwestern Pakistan. The government called the abduction of John Solecki, head of the U.N. refugee office in the southwestern city of Quetta, a “dastardly terrorist act.” ——Contact the news staff at [email protected]
Police seek seized UN worker in Pakistan
February 3, 2009
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a vehicle rammed against a wall, where American U.N. official was kidnapped, in the main southwest city of Quetta, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Gunmen kidnapped an American U.N. official and killed his driver in southwest Pakistan on Monday, police said, underscoring the security threat in a country wracked by al-Qaida violence and rising criminality.