American woman shot in Pakistan by self-proclaimed members of ISIS

published 16 April 2015

An American woman was shot in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday by attackers who claimed to be members of the Islamic State, police said.

The suspects were on motorcycles, and shot the woman in her car as she left the Jinnah Medical and Dental College, where she serves as a faculty member and administrator. Doctors say she is in "serious" condition but "out of danger." The attackers dropped leaflets in English and Urdu that were signed by "the Lions of of Daulah Al-Islamiyyah [Islamic State], the Falcons of our Caliph." The message stated that "God willing, we will burn America," and said the shooting was in retaliation for the killing of five of their fellow militants in Karachi.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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