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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the killing of a reporter for the Voice of America, a radio service financed by the U.S. government, and warned that others will be targets in the future.
A masked gunman strode into a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday evening and opened fire on the reporter, Mukarram Khan Aatif, as he was praying, his colleagues said. The killer escaped on a motorbike driven by a second masked man.
Mukurram Khurasani, an aide to the Taliban commander in the area, said his group was responsible. “All reporters of Voice of America are our targets and should resign, otherwise we will kill them,” he told a local reporter.
Denver Post wire services
