Separatists claim responsibility for kidnaping UN official in Pakistan

By: SaadOmar

Peshawar : Pakistan | 9 months ago

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An unknown separatist group claimed responsibility on Saturday for abducting an American working for the UN refugee agency in Pakistan, a local news agency reported.

John Solecki, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Quetta, was kidnapped on Feb 2, after gunmen ambushed his car and shot dead his driver.

A spokesman for a group called Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) told the Online news agency they had kidnapped the man to make the United Nations pay attention to the “plight” of the Balochi people.

“We have three demands, and if our demands are not met, then John Solecki will lose his life,” a spokesman, identifying himself as Shahak Baloch, told the agency.

“We want the United Nations to secure the release of 141 women in Pakistani torture cells, provide information about more than 6,000 missing persons, and resolve the issue of Baloch independence under the Geneva Convention.”

The group has not been heard of before, and the name is confusingly similar to the well known Balochistan Liberation Front.

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