In Pakistan, on Monday had been kidnapped the head of the regional office for Refugees in Baluchistan province, sends agency Associated Press, referring to data of local police.
As specified in the police, the kidnapping occurred in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. According to preliminary reports, the armed kidnappers shot the car in which the UN officer and his driver, then kidnapped a foreigner. When you attack the driver of the car were seriously injured and died on the way to hospital, transfer agency France Presse.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Islamabad refused to comment on the kidnapping of its staff.
In the south-west Pakistan, in particular - in the province of Baluchistan, the abduction of foreigners is fairly rare, said AP. Armed groups operating in this region, the Government has a greater independence for the province, and the abduction of foreigners, as opposed to the Taliban and al-Qaida, seldom used the name in order to achieve their goals.
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