6:11 AM
McGhori
QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen abducted a British national working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) near Chaman Housing Scheme in Quetta on Thursday.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Operations Nazir Kurd said that Dr Khalil, a British national who had recently converted to Islam, was on his way to the office when a group of armed men intercepted his vehicle and took him away at gunpoint.
Kurd told reporters that a group of armed men were already waiting for the ICRC official near the office in Chaman Housing Scheme and intercepted his vehicle when he was near it.
“The abductors left behind the vehicle and spared the driver,” he said.
Security across the provincial capital was beefed up immediately after the incident and police blocked all entry and exit points of the city.
Kurd said that ICRC had been offered security, but they had declined it and had said that it was against their mandate as the organisation worked for victims regardless of their nationality and background.
Chaman Housing Scheme is a high security zone in Quetta where offices of all the international organisations are located. Chief of UNHCR John Solecki had also kidnapped from the same area.
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