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Pastor with US citizenship and wife shot dead
The pastor of a Christian church and his American wife were shot dead in their home in the Pakistani capital, police said yesterday.
- AP
- Published: 23:16 August 30, 2007
Islamabad: The pastor of a Christian church and his American wife were shot dead in their home in the Pakistani capital, police said yesterday.
The bodies of Arif Khan, a Pakistani-American citizen in his 50s, and his American wife Kathleen Khan, 45, were found late on Wednesday at their home in a residential neighbourhood of Islamabad, said Munawar Hussain, the local police chief.
Hussain said police had arrested their suspected killer and his wife and that they were also Christians.
The arrested man, Honey Haveed, said during questioning that Khan had an affair with his wife and that he had shot him "for honour", Hussain said.
Police were searching for another man suspected as an accomplice.
Hussain said Khan was the pastor of a small church set up in a private house in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital. He didn't know the denomination. US Embassy spokeswoman Liz Colton said American privacy laws prevented officials from discussing such crimes.
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