Freed American UN aid worker leaves Pakistan

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An American U.N. worker abducted more than two months ago headed home Sunday, a day after he turned up unharmed alongside a road in western Pakistan with his hands and feet bound and pleading "Help me, help me."

John Solecki was discovered Saturday evening abandoned in a village some 30 miles south of Quetta near the Afghan border after his captors called a local news agency to tell them where to look, officials said. At one point, the kidnappers had threatened to behead him.

Mohammed Anwar, the owner of a restaurant alongside the main Quetta-Karachi highway, told The Associated Press that he found a bound Solecki lying in the dirt near a wall. Anwar said he heard a voice in the gloom saying "Help me, help me" in English.

Solecki, who headed the U.N. refugee agency's operations in Quetta, made no public comment. Police and U.N. officials declined to discuss what led to his release.



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What wonderful news! I am so happy for him and his family.

:woohoo:

ETA: I've been following his story for quite awhile now and I feared the worst. He was in poor health besides the threats to his life.

[ohio2007]

1. What about the Canadian "journalist"

Taliban threaten to behead Canadian hostage



http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.wpakistan19/BNStory/International/home

Sunday "deadline" has passed as did the original end of the month deadline

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.wvidpakistan0319/VideoStory/International/home?pid=RTGAM.20090319.wpakistan19

Her website "Jihad unspun" swore to remain down and offline until she is released.


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