 Pakistani commandos on Thursday raided a house near the Afghan border where two Chinese engineers were being held hostage, rescuing one while the other died of gunshot wounds, officials and news reports said. All five kidnappers were killed. Pakistani officials initially said one of the Chinese had been critically wounded, but China's state-run Xinhua news agency said he later died of his wounds. Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the kidnappers had shot the Chinese man, though he could not confirm whether he had died. He said security forces attacked the house after shots were heard from inside. |