This just came out that American Warren Weinstein, who has been held captive in Pakistan, has been rescued by Lahore police.
From the report at DAWN:
Police on Thursday said they had safely recovered US development expert Warren Weinstein who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago from Lahore.
Lahore police chief Malik Ahmed Raza said authorities found the 70-year-old during an early morning operation Thursday in Khushab city.
Mr Raza said authorities tracked Weinstein after obtaining leads from three arrested suspects and also by tracking mobile phone calls.
Mr Weinstein is the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a US-based firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors.
This is great news - yesterday we saw some encouraging references to this when the Pakistani security forces picked up those three suspects - it was pretty obvious from that report that those hauled in were singing like canaries.
Odd that there isn't any mention of the rescue operation details as ....for example...was there a gunfight or what?
Police safely recover US national Warren Weinstein from Khushab
LAHORE: Police on Thursday said they had safely recovered US development expert Warren Weinstein who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago from Lahore.
Lahore police chief Malik Ahmed Raza said authorities found the 70-year-old during an early morning operation Thursday in Khushab city.
Mr Raza said authorities tracked Weinstein after obtaining leads from three arrested suspects and also by tracking mobile phone calls.
Mr Weinstein is the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a US-based firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors.
Khushab is also located in Punjab province, of which Lahore is the capital.
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