 Police foiled a bid to abduct four officials of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission on Monday, killing three kidnappers and arresting two accomplices. One policeman was killed in a gunbattle with the kidnappers late on Sunday night at a PAEC office in Banda Daud Shah, a uranium exploration site in Karak district, a senior police officer at Banda Daud Shah police station told Daily Times. PAEC sources said 20 to 30 armed men barged into the PAEC office in Banda Daud Shah village and took the four officials hostage. The kidnappers tried to take their hostages towards the tribal region, but were stopped at a checkpoint, where there was an exchange of gunfire. The police officer said the kidnappers were from the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. “Among the killed kidnappers some hailed from North Waziristan,” he said. “We have identified all the people involved in the kidnapping,” the police officer said. |