British Red Cross doctor kidnapped in Pakistan found beheaded

[RPK]

Red Cross doctor kidnapped in Pakistan found beheaded | World | Reuters


By Gul Yusufzai

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found dumped by the roadside on Sunday in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta, police and Red Cross officials said.

Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was kidnapped by suspected militants on Jan 5 while on his way home from work.

"The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms this barbaric act," ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord said in a statement. "All of us at the ICRC and at the British Red Cross share the grief and outrage of Khalil's family and friends."

Police discovered Dale's head and body wrapped in plastic near a western bypass road. His name was written on the white plastic bag with black marker.

"A sharp knife was used to sever his head from the body," said Safdar Hussain, the first doctor to examine the body. "He was killed about 12 hours ago."

Quetta is the capital of southwestern Baluchistan, Pakistan's biggest but poorest province, where Baluch separatist militants are fighting a protracted insurgency for more autonomy and control over the area's natural resources.

Pro-Taliban militants are also active in the province, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran.

Dale had worked for the ICRC and the British Red Cross in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq before coming to Pakistan. He had been managing a health programme for Baluchistan for almost a year when he was abducted, the ICRC statement said.

"We are devastated," Daccord said. "Khalil was a trusted and very experienced Red Cross staff member who significantly contributed to the humanitarian cause."

Four health workers, including two doctors, were kidnapped by militants the week before Dale's disappearance from the Pishin area of Baluchistan, near Quetta. They were freed after a shootout between police and their kidnappers.

(Additional reporting by Mahawish Rezvi in ISLAMABAD; Writing by Chris Allbritton; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

[mdcp]

Sad to hear, our govt. should control and monitor activites of ngo and than protect them

 

[Tija]

What a shame, at least a red cross doctor not deserving this.

RIP to the good soul.

 

[Safriz]

its crazy why pakistani authorities still allow foreigners to work in such high risk areas.
why would a foreigner even go to baluchistan which is known to be dangerous..
its same as standing in the middle of a highway at night in black.clothes and expecting not to be hit by a car.

 

[Solomon2]

Captive British aid worker killed in Pakistan

By ABDUL SATTAR | Associated Press – 31 mins ago

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan since January was found in an orchard Sunday, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying he was killed because no ransom was paid, police said.

Pakistani security officials stand next to covered body of British Red Cross worker Khalil Rasjed Dale at the site in Quetta, Pakistan on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan since January was found in an orchard Sunday, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying he was killed because no ransom was paid, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was managing a health program in the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan when armed men seized him from a street close to his office. The identities of his captors are unknown, but the region is home to separatist and Islamist militants who have kidnapped for ransom before.

The director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross condemned the "barbaric act."

"All of us at the ICRC and at the British Red Cross share the grief and outrage of Khalil's family and friends," said Yves Daccord.

Dale's throat had been slit, according to Safdar Hussain, a doctor who examined the body.
Quetta police chief Ahsan Mahboob said the note attached to it read: "This is the body of Khalil who we have slaughtered for not paying a ransom amount."

Militants and criminal gangs often kidnap wealthy Pakistanis and less commonly, foreigners.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned Dale's killing, and said "tireless efforts" had been under way to secure his release after he was kidnapped.

Khalil had worked for the Red Cross for years, carrying out assignments in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq, the group said.

Pakistani volunteers and hospital staff transport the body of British Red Cross worker Khalil Rasjed Dale at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan since January was found in an orchard Sunday, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying he was killed because no ransom was paid, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, lies close to the Afghan border and for decades has hosted thousands of refugees from that country. The Red Cross operates clinics in the city that treat people wounded in the war in Afghanistan, including Taliban insurgents.
Much of Baluchistan and the tribal regions close to Afghanistan are out of Pakistani government control, and make good places to keep hostages. Large ransoms are often paid to secure their release, but such payments are rarely confirmed.

There are at least four other foreigners being held in Pakistan.

Last August, a 70-year-old American humanitarian aid worker was kidnapped from his house in the Punjabi city of Lahore. Al-Qaida claimed to be holding the man, Warren Weinstein, and said in a video he would be released if the United States stopped airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.

In March, a Swiss couple held captive for eight months by the Taliban turned up at an army checkpoint close to the Afghan border. Insurgents have claimed a large ransom was paid to secure their freedom. That has not been confirmed by Pakistani or Swiss authorities, who are unlikely to acknowledge it even if they did.

The couple was kidnapped in Baluchistan.

Also Sunday, American missiles killed three suspected Islamist militants sheltering in an abandoned school in North Waziristan, said intelligence officials, who did not give their names because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.

The strike comes as the U.S. is trying to rebuild its relationship with Pakistan, which opposes the missile attacks and has demanded they stop. The frequency of the attacks, which critics say kill innocents and energize the insurgency, has dropped dramatically this year.
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Associated Press Writer Rasool Dawar in Peshawar contributed to this report.

 

[Icarus]

Very Sad, my heart goes out to the family of the deceased.
He deserved better than this, at least this will sound as a warning to the EU officials and US Congressmen who were getting smitten with the separatists. These guys are cold-blooded killers, they don't care who you are as long as you can be killed to make a sufficiently visible headline.

 

[humanfirst]

its crazy why pakistani authorities still allow foreigners to work in such high risk areas.
why would a foreigner even go to baluchistan which is known to be dangerous..
its same as standing in the middle of a highway at night in black.clothes and expecting not to be hit by a car.

Well there are also non militants living in those places,who require medical and humanitarian help.In order to help them,some risks have to be taken.R.I.P brave doctor..

 

[IND151]

RIP to that doctor

 

[Icarus]

its crazy why pakistani authorities still allow foreigners to work in such high risk areas.
why would a foreigner even go to baluchistan which is known to be dangerous..
its same as standing in the middle of a highway at night in black.clothes and expecting not to be hit by a car.

They aren't 'allowed' by anybody, they just barge in on their own. We had quite a problem with them during Ops in FATA for two reasons:

1) We had to set aside manpower to protect them, not good publicity if they go and get themselves killed, however, that also affected our combat ability.
2) They treated civilians and insurgents regardless, which was a problem for us, we go out of our way to put them out of action and these guys help them get into fighting conditions again.

 

[Icarus]

this is why Pakistan is the most dangerous place in the world.....it is infested with criminals,terrorists and islamic fanatics who kill people brutally...RIP doc

You stand a greater chance of being raped in South Africa than being the victim of a terrorist attack in Pakistan, nuff said.

 

[Patriot]

You stand a greater chance of being raped in South Africa than being the victim of a terrorist attack in Pakistan, nuff said.

Lol he is Indian false-flag troll - He has been creating accounts and posting sh!t since 2010!

 

[Icarus]

Lol he is Indian false-flag troll - He has been creating accounts and posting sh!t since 2010!Previous he created several such accounts.

He's been Reported, suggest you do too.

 

[SQ8]

He's been Reported, suggest you do too.

taken care of.. they try too hard..

 

[Hashshāshīn]

Inna lillahi wa inahi rajioon, what a great man. RIP.

 

[Icarus]

taken care of.. they try too hard..

No job, no girlfriend, no life, what else can they do?
lol