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Abducted Sikhs escape Taliban
during military operation by Pakistan army
WSN Bureau
ISLAMABAD:
According to the leading news agency UPI, two of the three members
of the Sikh community kidnapped in Pakistan escaped their captors a
week after the third was found decapitated, officials said.
The two managed
to escape during a military search operation and reached the Khyber
tribal agency in the northwest Monday where security forces took
charge of them. Surjeet Singh and Gurvinder Singh, who were
abducted for ransom by Taliban over 40 days ago in the tribal belt,
were freed during the military operation.
The three were
kidnapped in January and reportedly were held for ransom. No other
details were available.
The report said
one of the survivors had suffered a bullet wound but was in stable
condition at a military hospital.
One of the two
abducted Sikhs rescued during an army operation in Pakistan's
Taliban-infested tribal belt was injured in a shootout between
security forces and militants, according to the military.
Gurvinder has
reached home, whereas Surjeet Singh, who was admitted to a military
hospital and underwent surgery for removal of bullets embedded in
his body, is recovering.
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March 2010
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