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Apparent Islamist militant gun attack wounds US woman in Pakistan
Source: Reuters
Apparent Islamist militant gun attack wounds US woman in Pakistan
Reuters in Islamabad
Thursday 16 April 2015 20.33 BST
Men claiming to be Islamist militants have shot and wounded an American woman in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, leaving leaflets in her car naming her and saying they had targeted her because she was American, police said.
Gunmen on motorbikes shot Debra Lobo in the face and the hand on Thursday as she drove home from the dental college where she works as a vice-principal.
Police said it was unclear if the attack had actually been carried out by militants, or by men posing as militants.
Pakistan is plagued by an Islamist Taliban insurgency but is also home to many other militant groups and criminal gangs. Some Taliban splinter groups have pledged allegiance to Islamic State. Extortionists and other criminals also often claim to be militants.
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Reuters in Islamabad
Thursday 16 April 2015 20.33 BST
Men claiming to be Islamist militants have shot and wounded an American woman in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, leaving leaflets in her car naming her and saying they had targeted her because she was American, police said.
Gunmen on motorbikes shot Debra Lobo in the face and the hand on Thursday as she drove home from the dental college where she works as a vice-principal.
Police said it was unclear if the attack had actually been carried out by militants, or by men posing as militants.
Pakistan is plagued by an Islamist Taliban insurgency but is also home to many other militant groups and criminal gangs. Some Taliban splinter groups have pledged allegiance to Islamic State. Extortionists and other criminals also often claim to be militants.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/16/pakistan-islamic-militant-attack-wounds-us-woman