John Solecki

John Solecki is a U.S. official for the UNHCR, working in Quetta, Pakistan. On February 2, 2009, he was kidnapped by a previously unknown Baloch nationalist militant group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation United Front. His driver Syed Hashim was shot and later died at a local hospital.

Solecki was eventually released on April 4, 2009.[1]

He is the son of American archaeologist Ralph Solecki.

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed that John Solecki was kidnapped by Brahamdagh Bugti.[2] Bugti had earlier denied the allegations in an interview to a Paksitani television channel.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pakistani group frees US hostage, BBC, 4 April 2009
  2. ↑ ’سلیکی کے اغواء میں براہمداغ کا ہاتھ‘, BBC, 22 April 2009
  3. ↑ Live with Talat interview with Brahmdagh Bugti, Aaj TV