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ISLAMABAD : An American who is a United Nations official and fatally shot his driver yesterday kidnapped by a gunmen in southern Pakistan. Trattorini tagliaerba usati, according to Pakistani police officials, the latest in a recent series of high-profile kidnappings and targeted hits on foreigners.
According to the Pakistani police in the southern city of Quetta, an unknown number of gunmen ambushed the car of United Nations official person John Solecki, the chief of the UN refugee office in the province of Baluchistan, about 8:30 a.m morning, soon after he left home for his office. Hashim Raza, the car's driver was killed almost instantly, said Khalid Masood, a senior police official in Quetta.
It was unclear early yesterday whether Solecki was wounded in the attack. Few details were immediately available about Solecki, but Pakistani authorities said he is an American citizen who has worked in Quetta for about two years at the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Confirmation for the kidnapping of a UN officials also came out and Amena kamaal a UN spokeswoman confirmed it that a foreign official who worked for the organization since early 2007 was abducted in Quetta yesterday. But Kamaal said she was unable to release further details about the official's background or the attack pending notification of the man's family.
Lou Fintor, a spokesman for the US Embassy in Islamabad, said the embassy was aware of the abduction but could not comment.
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stood guard near the site where an American UN official was kidnapped yesterday. (Picture by Associated Press)
