15 June 2006
Hayatullah Khan
Shooting
Abducted Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan has been found dead.
International news agencies reported that Khan’s body was found by villagers in the North Waziristan town of Mir Ali, from where he was abducted on December 5. Local government officials and family members told journalists that Khan had been shot in the back of the head, probably on 15 June, and was in handcuffs.
He appeared frail and had grown a long beard since he was last seen. Khan disappeared after reporting that an al-Qaeda commander had been killed by a U.S. missile, contradicting official Pakistani accounts of the death.
