Hospital staff and rescue workers carry the casket of Khalil Rasjed Dale to an ambulance at a hospital in Quetta. ((Naseer Ahmed/Reuters) / May 10, 2012)
Red Cross Suspends Operations In Two Major Pakistani Cities -- L.A. Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended operations in two of Pakistan’s largest cities Thursday and announced it would review its presence in the South Asian country after the brutal murder of one of its workers who had been kidnapped in January.
The beheaded body of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60-year-old British national and a Red Cross health program manager, was found near the southwestern city of Quetta on April 29, about four months after gunmen seized him in Quetta while he was on his way home from work in a Red Cross-marked vehicle. A note attached to his body claimed that the Pakistani Taliban was responsible for his murder and stated that he was killed because no ransom was paid.
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More News On the Red Cross Suspending Operations In Major Pakistani Cities
Red Cross cuts operations across Pakistan following Khalil Dale murder -- The Telegraph
Red Cross suspends work in Pakistan after doctor's murder -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Red Cross suspends operations in much of Pakistan after killing of aid worker -- Washington Post/AP
Red Cross Further Suspends Work in Pakistan After Killing -- Voice of America
ICRC suspends operations in Peshawar and Karachi -- BBC
ICRC halts Pakistani work after slaying -- UPI
Killing forces ICRC to suspend activities -- Swiss Info
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