Ameen Shah was killed in exchange for fire with police after refusing to surrender (Representation)
Peshawar:
An unconditional Pakistani Taliban terrorist who was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Canadian journalist Khadija Abdul Qahar known as Beverly Giesbrecht before his conversion to Islam has been killed, a senior official said on Wednesday. police official.
Ameen Shah, a senior terrorist in Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was wanted in several terrorism cases, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi.
He kidnapped Qahar, 55, in 2008 and killed her in Pakistan in 2010, he said.
The Taliban demanded two million dollars in ransom and the release of some of their leaders detained for his release.
Shah was killed in an exchange of fire with Bannu district police after refusing to surrender, said Abbasi.
Canadian journalist Qahar, 55, known as Beverly Giesbrecht before converting to Islam, was kidnapped with translator Salman Khan and cook / driver Zar Muhammad on her way to Miranshah in the area tribal of North Waziristan.
The three were kidnapped in the Bannu area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on November 11, 2008.
The Canadian and Pakistani governments had launched joint efforts for his safe release, but had no positive results.
Khan and Muhammad were released after eight months in captivity due to the efforts of the leader of a religious party.
After his release, Khan revealed that Qahar, who was the owner and publisher of the jihadunspun.com site, suffered from hepatitis and was mentally prepared for death. She was not very optimistic about her release.
In an “urgent request” posted on his website under his signature, Qahar asked for help to exit Pakistan, which she described as “a large-scale war zone eruption”.
The kidnappers had previously threatened to kill Qahar if their ransom demand was not met by March 30, 2009.
Video sent to Miranshah Press Club shows Qahar imploring: “Please help me. Please help me … I ask the Canadian government, human rights organizations and media associations to accept their requests and have me released, otherwise they will kill me. “
