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American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Daniel Pearl
American journalist beheaded by militants in Pakistan (1963–2002)
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by jihadist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with Pakistani Islamic scholar Mubarak Ali Gilani in Karachi, Sindh.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Al-Qaeda
Pan-Islamic Sunni Jihadist organization (established 1988)
Al-Qaeda, is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Its membership is mostly composed of Arabs but also includes…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Karachi
Capital of Sindh, Pakistan
Karachi is the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)