Abducted tribal elder found dead

Intelligence officials and a local resident say the bullet-riddled body of a tribal elder has been found, six weeks after his abduction. Sardar Amanuddin had urged displaced members of the Mehsud tribe to return to South Waziristan, a tribal area where the army has battled the Taliban. The Taliban had warned the tribesmen against coming back.
Amanuddin's body was found Monday near Wana, the main town in the tribal region. Intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media. Shopkeeper Jan Aalam, who works at a local paramilitary base, said Amanuddin's relatives brought his body to the base, looking for an ambulance to take it outside South Waziristan. He says they ultimately found a pick-up truck.