Pakistani captors: U.N. hostage will die

QUETTA, Pakistan, -- A Pakistani militant group holding an American working forthe United Nations says it will kill the hostage in four days if its demands arenot met.The previously unknown group, The Balochistan Liberation United Front, said in aletter John Solecki, 49, will die unless 1,109 people it says are missing andbeing held by Pakistani security agencies are released, GEO TV reported Monday.Solecki, who heads the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees insouthwestern Balochistan province, was kidnapped in the provincial capital ofQuetta Feb. 2 after gunmen ambushed his car and killed the driver, thebroadcaster said.The militant group had earlier demanded U.N. intervention to secure the releaseof 141 women it said were being held in Pakistani torture cells in exchange forSolecki, and has also demanded information about more than 6,000 missing personsas well and resolution of the issue of Baloch independence, Asian NewsInternational reported.http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/02/Pakistani_captors_UN_hostage_will_die/UPI-46031236011937/