PESHAWAR: The Bannu
Police during an encounter killed an alleged terrorist who had links with the
kidnapping of Canadian female journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaar, an official said
on Tuesday.
Khadija Abdul Qahaar, who claimed she had
converted to Islam, along with her translator and guide was on her way to
Miramshah in the hope of interviewing the local Taliban militants in North
Waziristan in a taxi when unidentified armed men kidnapped her on November 12,
2008.Two million US dollars ransom was demanded by the TTP North Waziristan
later. They threatened to kill her if their demand not met. A video was
released later in which Khadija Abdul Qahaar made a plea to the authorities to
get her released.
Later, reports said
she was found dead in captivity on November 4, 2010. “the main kidnapper of the
Canadian citizen was Amin Shah, who was also involved in eight other cases of
terrorism. Besides, the accused had a link with the IED attack on a police
mobile in Bannu on Monday. He was killed in an encounter with the police and
quoted Regional Police Officer Abdul Ghafoor Afridi told The News. He added
that the accused was charged in the FIR of the kidnapping of the Canadian
citizen a few years back.
A police car was
targeted on Monday with a remote controlled improvised explosive device (IED)
attack after which two alleged terrorists were killed in the encounter. The
evidences obtained from the killed men also led to the killing of Amin Shah in
an encounter on Tuesday.
Newspaper: The News
Related link: Pakistan Today
