BLA denies kidnapping UNHCR head

QUETTA: Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch on Friday denied any BLA role in the abduction of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) head in Balochistan John Solecki. Talking to Daily Times, Baloch said, "We are not involved in the kidnapping of the US citizen in any way." Unidentified people had kidnapped Solecki on February 2 after murdering his driver. The BLA spokesman confirmed the group had kidnapped six officials of the Mari Indus Gas Company. He said they had not decided about the fate of the kidnapped. Earlier, an official source had told reporters that many groups operating in Quetta were involved in the kidnapping, including the Baloch nationalists fighting for their rights. The other groups were identified as gangs of criminals and the Taliban.