Poles suspected in Pakistan kidnap

17th October 2008

Agents from Poland’s internal security service, the ABW, are investigating the possibility that a Pole or somebody connected to Poland may have been involved in the kidnapping of a Polish engineer in Pakistan.

Agents from Poland’s internal security service, the ABW, are investigating the possibility that a Pole or somebody connected to Poland may have been involved in the kidnapping of a Polish engineer in Pakistan. The probe was launched after kidnappers released a video on Monday of Piotr Stanczak shown dressed in traditional Pakistani clothes asking the government in Islamabad to release a number of Taliban prisoners in return for his freedom.

The fact the video, which was given to ...