A Japanese journalist and his Afghan colleague were shot and wounded on November 14 in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Motoki Yotsukura, Islamabad Bureau Chief, of Japan’s “Asahi Shimbun” newspaper, and Afghan journalist Sami Yousufzai, correspondent of “Newsweek” were attacked by three gunmen in Peshawar neighborhood of Hayatabad near the tribal Khyber Agency.
According to press reports the journalists were returning to Peshawar from Khyber tribal agency after interviewing militants, when armed gunmen stopped the car and put a gun on Yousufzia’s head, in an apparent attempt to kidnap them. Yousufzai pushed away the gunman who opened fire shooting.
Yotsukura was hit in the right knee while Yousufzai sustained injuries in the chest, arm and hand. Press reports quoting Yousufzai said the gunmen spoke with an Afghan accent. The assailants fled in the direction of the Khyber tribal agency.
Yotsukura received first aid at a local hospital and was taken to Islamabad for further treatment. Yousufzai had been admitted to the hospital in Peshawar and is stated to be in serious, though not life threatening, condition.
Source: PPF
Date:11/14/2008
