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  • Terrible news: the Wall Street Journal reports that Pakistani insurgents have kidnapped John Solecki, an American national who heads the local office of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees.

    I Followed You | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • SNOW: Solecki was held hostage for 61 days in Pakistan.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009 2009

  • SNOW: The U.N. says Solecki was found about 30 miles outside of Quetta in Balochistan, a region near the Afghan border where Solecki worked to assist Afghan refugees.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009 2009

  • SNOW: Solecki is a senior official with the U.N. refugee agency and was abducted February 2nd, when police say gunmen opened fire, killing a U.N. driver and kidnapping Solecki.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009 2009

  • A U.N. spokesperson saying it's not clear who took Solecki or what their demands are.

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009 2009

  • Eleven days later, a video appeared on a Pakistani network appearing to show Solecki.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009 2009

  • John Solecki, an American with the U.N.'s refugee agency in southwest Baluchistan, was held captive by ethnic Baluchi separatists for more than two months in early 2009.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • John Solecki, an American with the U.N.'s refugee agency in southwest Baluchistan, was held captive by ethnic Baluchi separatists for more than two months in early 2009.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • John Solecki, an American with the U.N.'s refugee agency in southwest Baluchistan, was held captive by ethnic Baluchi separatists for more than two months in early 2009.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • John Solecki, an American with the U.N.'s refugee agency in southwest Baluchistan, was held captive by ethnic Baluchi separatists for more than two months in early 2009.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

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