Pakistan Police: 5 Suspected of Abducting Politician Killed

Pakistan Police: 5 Suspected of Abducting Politician Killed
A police tape in Pakistan, in a file photo. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
Updated:

PAKISTAN—Pakistani counterterrorism police said Sunday they killed five people involved in the abduction for ransom and subsequent death of a nationalist political party leader.

The raid took place overnight in the southwestern city of Pishin, according to the Baluchistan province Counter Terrorism Department.