不明身份的武装分子在巴基斯坦西南部绑架了在联合国难民署工作的一名美国公民。

警方说,持枪男子今天(星期一)在西南城市奎达伏击了正在上班途中的联合国官员约翰.索莱茨基和他的司机。索莱茨基是联合国难民署驻俾路支省省会奎达办事处的负责人。

警方说,司机在袭击中受伤后丧生。

巴基斯坦外交部谴责这次“怯懦的恐怖袭击”,并说正在采取一切手段确保索莱茨基的安全和迅速获释。

联合国表示极度震惊和不安,同时强烈谴责针对在巴基斯坦的人道工作人员的袭击。

俾路支省的反政府武装分子通常不绑架外国人,但在巴基斯坦其他地方,这种事件常常发生。还没有任何组织宣布对今天(星期一)的袭击负责。

Unidentified gunmen have abducted an American citizen who works for the United Nations refugee agency in southwestern Pakistan.

Police say gunmen ambushed U.N. official John Solecki and his driver today (Monday) in the city of Quetta as they were traveling to work. Solecki is the head of the refugee agency’s office in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.

Officials say the driver was wounded in the attack and later died.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry condemned what it called a “dastardly terrorist attack,” and said all measures are being taken to ensure Solecki’s safe and speedy recovery.

The United Nations expressed “extreme shock and dismay” while strongly condemning the targeting of humanitarian workers in Pakistan.

Rebels in Baluchistan do not usually target foreigners for kidnappings, although the practice is common elsewhere in Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility today’s (Monday’s) attack.