16 kidnapped FC troops killed
PESHAWAR: The bodies of 16 members of paramilitary Frontier Constabulary (FC) were found Thursday, almost two weeks after they were kidnapped from a northwestern town, officials said.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings.
"We have received information that the 16 kidnapped FC men have been killed in Shawa," a small town in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, senior local FC commander Ali Sher Mehsud told AFP.
"We are in touch with authorities in North Waziristan tribal region, who have taken possession of the dead bodies."
All the corpses had bullet wounds, he added.
A local intelligence official also confirmed the killings.
The FC personnel were kidnapped late last month during a night-time attack on a checkpoint in the northwestern town of Tank.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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