两名中国公民在巴基斯坦被绑架
The Chinese embassy in Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed that two Chinese nationals were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the country's southwest Quetta city earlier in the day.
中国驻巴基斯坦大使馆周三证实，两名中国公民在奎塔被不明身份的歹徒绑架。
An official from the embassy told Xinhua that they are trying to know more details about the incident as well as about the abducted persons, adding that they have urged the Pakistani side to rescue the abductees as quickly as possible.
The kidnappers forced the abductees into a vehicle on gunpoint and drove away, local media quoted Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police as saying.
The kidnapped including a man and a woman were returning from a restaurant when the incident happened in Jinnah Town area of Quetta, the capital city of the country's southwestern Balochistan Province, local Urdu TV Aaj reported.
The kidnappers were initially taking away three Chinese including two women and the man, but a passerby helped one of the women escape, local reports said.
The passerby got injured in a shootout, who has been shifted to a nearby hospital where police recorded his statement for investigation.