Pakistan Taliban holding two kidnapped foreigners

Pakistan Taliban holding two kidnapped foreigners

According to a senior militant commander, two foreign aid workers kidnapped from Multan in January are being held by the Pakistan Taliban near the border with
Afghanistan.

“The two NGO (non-governmental organisation) workers who were kidnapped in Multan nearly a month ago are in our custody near the border. We haven’t made any demands yet,” a senior commander of the Pakistan Taliban said.

“They are in good health,” he assured.

A German and an Italian citizen were kidnapped from their house in Multan on January 19, according to local officials.

The foreigners reportedly work for an aid group, Welthungerhilfe, which helped victims of the devastating 2010 floods. They have been identified as German national Bernd Johannes, 70, and Italian national Giovanni, 24.

Bernd had arrived in Multan on January 11, while Giovanni arrived on January 17 from Islamabad.

Meanwhile, Police in Kot Addu have arrested four people in connection with the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers.

Police suspects that the aid workers were abducted for ransom, however, they had not ruled out reasons.

That is all we can confirm, that they were abducted for ransom. At the moment, we cannot provide any more details or say anything about who is behind it,” said Javed Iqbal, the provincial police chief.

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