Islamabad: Gunmen kidnapped an American national working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees after killing his driver in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday.
John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan, was on his way to office when the gunmen intercepted his car shortly after he had left his home and opened fire. His driver, Syed Hashim Raza, was hit by bullets and died in hospital, police said.
The gunmen then took Solecki with them, police said. Witnesses said the car rammed into a house after the driver was shot.
Senior officials rushed to the site of the attack as police cordoned off the area and launched a search for the UN official.
A spokesperson for UNHCR said investigations into the incident were underway. Security at the offices of UN organisations and foreign NGOs, which is already very high, was beefed up further after the incident
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