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| Pakistan Taleban 'kill hostage' | |
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| A Taleban group in Pakistan is reportedly claiming to have killed a Polish engineer, Piotr Stanczak, who was kidnapped in September last year. | |
| Reports quote a Taleban spokesman as saying he was killed after a deadline expired for the Pakistani government to free captured militants. | |
| Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Warsaw had received "informal confirmation" that the man was killed. | Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Warsaw had received "informal confirmation" that the man was killed. |
| Pakistani security officials said they could not confirm the Taleban claim. | |
| A Taleban spokesman said Mr Stanczak was beheaded after a deadline expired on Friday for the release of a number of militants in government hands, Reuters reported. | |
| Pakistani security officials said the Taleban now wanted money for the return of Mr Stanczak's body. | |
| He was kidnapped by gunmen on 28 September while visiting one of his company's sites west of the capital, Islamabad. | |
| His Pakistani driver, bodyguard and translator were killed in the attack. |