Cleric Suspected of Spying Is Killed
From Times Wire Reports
Suspected Islamic militants killed a cleric in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border over suspicion he was a spy for the United States and Britain, officials said.
The bullet-riddled body of Maulana Zahir Shah, who ran an Islamic school, was found in Sararogha, a mountainous area in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region. He had been kidnapped three days ago.
Shah helped authorities run a radio station, which aired programs critical of the militants, from his school near the border.
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