Parents of Daniel Pearl Grateful for Pakistani Militant's Arrest
It’s not clear yet what role Qari Abdul Hayee, leader of Pakistan’s sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, played in the 2002 abduction and killing of journalist Daniel Pearl. But his arrest Sunday in Karachi, the city where the Wall Street Journal reporter was taken hostage and later beheaded in 2002, has been welcomed by his parents. From the wire reports:
The journalist’s parents, Judea and Ruth Pearl, who live in the Los Angeles area, hailed the news in a statement issued through the Daniel Pearl Foundation.
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