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A local employee of the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan was reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen in the capital city of Islamabad.  The victim was identified as Iqbal Baig who worked for the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reportedly for about a dozen years. The AFP citing the victim’s brother reports that the victim had received threats in the recent past.

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Gunmen kill local US Embassy employee in Islamabad: police http://t.co/EwTKVc9p73

— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) July 26, 2015

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Police say gunmen kill local US Embassy employee in #Pakistan: http://t.co/Tx7Slx5us0 — Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) July 26, 2015

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