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| Gunmen fire at senior diplomat |
| 2008-08-26 |
| GUNMEN opened fire on the car of a senior US diplomat in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today, but she escaped unhurt. The diplomat, Lynne Tracy, was on her way to her office when a car suddenly appeared and blocked the road in the University Town neighbourhood of Peshawar, local police officer Arshad Khan said. "A man in the intercepting Land Cruiser rolled down the window and opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle, but the diplomat remained unhurt," he said, adding that Ms Tracy was travelling in a bullet-proof vehicle. The diplomat's driver threw the car into reverse and hit an auto rickshaw, he said, adding that the rickshaw driver sufferd minor injuries. The attackers Ms Tracy is a top official at the US Consulate in Peshawar, the capital of troubled North West Frontier Province, which has been plagued by militant violence. Officials at the US mission were not immediately available for comment. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Peshawar, huh, Lynne? Who did you piss off? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-26 11:20 |