'US spy' shot dead in Pak tribal area
Afp, Wana
Pro-Taliban militants shot dead a Pakistani tribesman after accusing him of spying for US troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, local officials and family members said yesterday. In the latest of a series of similar incidents, Nek Mohammad, 40, was gunned down late Wednesday outside his home near Angoor Ada, a remote border town in the semi-autonomous tribal region of South Waziristan, they said. He had been receiving threats from militants for the past few months, his cousin Dilawar Khan told AFP. He said one letter had warned: "Stop spying for US forces in Afghanistan or you will be killed." Insurgents on Monday beheaded a pro-government tribal elder in the adjoining tribal region of North Waziristan on similar charges.
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