Hayatullah Khan

Year: 2006

Nationality: Pakistan

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Miran Shah, Pakistan

Press organization: freelance

What's Hayatullah Khan's story?

Khan’s body was found by villagers in the North Waziristantown of Miran Shah, where he had been kidnapped six months earlier. Khan wasabducted on December 5, 2005, by five gunmen who ran his car off the road ashis younger brother, Haseenullah, watched helplessly. Local governmentofficials and family members said Khan, 32, had been found handcuffed and shotseveral times. His body appeared frail and he had grown a long beard since hewas last seen, Pakistani journalists told CPJ.

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