Pakistani reporter flees as family is massacred

Four members of a journalist's family have been murdered and other relatives kidnapped by so-called militants in Waziristan, the north west region of Pakistan close to the Afghan border. Din Muhammad, a reporter for the newspaper Inkishaf, escaped as the men killed his father, uncle, brother and cousin before taking three other close relatives captive. The attack took place two days after Muhammad accompanied a group of national and international journalists to meet tribal commanders in the war-torn area. (Via IFEX)