Gunmen kill U.S. embassy employee in Pakistan
Gunmen killed an employee of the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, at his home Sunday morning, Pakistani police said. Iqbal Baig worked for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, The Associated Press reports.
The motive for the attack is unclear. Baig belonged to a sect of minority Shiite Muslims called the Ismaili.
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