Chinese couple abducted from Quetta killed: FO

Author: webdesk

LAHORE: Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed the death of a Chinese couple who had been abducted earlier this year from Quetta.

A Chinese couple Lee Zing Yang, 24, and Meng Li Si, 26, was kidnapped from Jinnah Town area of Quetta on May 24 by an unknown gunman. Later the self styled Islamic State (IS) claimed that its fighters had kidnapped and killed Mr. Lee and Ms. Meng.

Now, FO said in a statement that the DNA tests had confirmed the death of two Chinese nationals.

It stated that the Chinese couple had been killed in June, a month after they were kidnapped from Quetta.

The government will continue to conduct a thorough investigation and apprehend the perpetrators of this crime and to bring them to justice, FO further said in the statement.

FO also extended condolences to the victims’ relatives and said, Pakistan expresses its deep sense of shock and grief on this brutal act of terrorism.

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