Seven Pakistani police officers were killed Wednesday in an attack while escorting a Spanish cyclist, Colorado Javier Soriano, who was traveling around the world by bicycle and then went through the town of Mastung in the Balochistan region, west of the country Asia. As reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel GarcÃ_a- Margallo, the incident occurred at ten o'clock the hour Pakistani - six in the morning in Spain -, when officers accompanied the athlete through an area " very dangerous " and to the border with Iran.
The Spanish, a native of Madrid, has been slightly injured in the attack and have already discharged from the hospital where he was admitted. Diplomatic sources have explained that a group of strangers began shooting guard Francisco against Colorado in an attempted kidnapping.
The Spanish ambassador to Pakistan has contacted the rider, who is right now in Lahore, and will be accompanied to the border of India, where it plans to continue his journey. A journey which started on 1 October in Madrid, as pointed Efe family of the athlete.
The Spanish, who entered Pakistan from Iran by train, carrying with him a GPS device with which the family knew its location. The Foreign Office advises against travel to Pakistan " except for reasons of extreme necessity " and remember that there is " a serious risk of kidnappings of foreign nationals occurring throughout the country." The Spanish government also wanted to show his condolences to the families of the deceased, and the Executive of Pakistan.
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