Six dead after Taliban attack Hungarian oil company convoy in Pakistan
January 21st, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by BNO NewsIslamabad - Six people were killed on Thursday when militants ambushed a convoy of a Hungarian oil company in Pakistan’s northwestern region, security officials said.
Two employees returning from work were killed in the attack, while two others were kidnapped. Four soldiers who accompanied the convoy were also killed in the incident in Kohat region, said the area’s top administrator, Khalid Umerzai, the daily Népszabadság reported.
The victims worked for the Pakistani subsidiary of Hungarian oil company MOLE.
Pakistan has oil and gas reserves in the south and northwest region, but the presence of the Taliban has made both areas dangerous.
Other local and foreign firms have been attacked previously. A Polish geologist, Piotr Stanczak, was abducted and later executed in mid-2009 after the Pakistani and Polish government failed to pay ransom and release some Taliban militant detainees.
In a separate incident, a Chinese engineer was released unharmed after six months captivity.
- Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for mosque attack - Nov 06, 2010
- Five blasts rock Pakistan (Second Lead) - Jan 29, 2011
- Eight die in suicide bombing in Pakistan tunnel (Lead) - Jan 29, 2011
- Polish engineer's refusal to convert costs him his life - Jun 30, 2009
- Pak authorities arrests geologist Stanczak's killer - Jul 18, 2009
- Mosque bomb kills 4 in central Pakistan - May 02, 2011
- Twin blasts rock Pakistan's tribal area - Jan 29, 2011
- Seven soldiers, 15 militants killed in clashes in Pakistan - Apr 23, 2010
- Poland vows to bring Stanczaks killers to justice - Feb 10, 2009
- Pakistani militants release video of Pole's beheading - Feb 09, 2009
- Police, militants clash in Pakistan - Dec 13, 2011
- Pakistani Taliban issues video of ISI spy's execution - Feb 20, 2011
- Pakistani Taliban hand over body of slain Polish worker - Apr 27, 2009
- 14 militants killed in Pakistan's tribal region - Jul 19, 2011
- Pakistan probes former lawmaker for Pole's beheading - Jul 26, 2009
Tags: abducted, captivity, chinese engineer, convoy, detainees, gas reserves, geologist, khalid, mole, northwest region, northwestern region, oil and gas, oil company, pakistan islamabad, polish government, ransom, security officials, six months, subsidiary, taliban