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