QUETTA: Kidnappers of an American working for the UN refugee agency in Pakistan on Friday released a video in which he pleaded for the United Nations to help win his release.
John Solecki, head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Quetta, was snatched on Feb 2, after gunmen ambushed his car and shot dead his driver. Solecki appeared blindfolded and said his message was to the United Nations.
“I am not feeling well. I am sick. I am in trouble. Please help to resolve the problem soon so I can gain my release,” he said. The video was delivered by mail to the office of a local news agency and seen by a Reuters reporter.
The video, recorded in the memory card of a cellular phone, accompanied a letter from the BLUF in which they demanded the release within 72 hours of 141 ethnic Baloch women detained by the Pakistani authorities. The group said it would also shortly issue a list of male activists in the government jails.