From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2005 - 10:21:33 EST
KAZAKH DIPLOMAT SHOT IN PAKISTAN
An adviser at the Kazakh Embassy in Pakistan was seriously wounded on 19 January at his residence in Islamabad in an apparent robbery attempt, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. Police in Islamabad said that it appears that Sapargali Aubakirov was wounded by individuals who then stole his car, APP reported. Police said that there are no indications the attack was linked in any way to terrorism. A doctor at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where Aubakirov underwent surgery for gunshot wounds, told Pakistan Television that the Kazakh diplomat was in a coma and on a ventilator. DK
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