Six Pakistani police officers are shot dead protecting Spanish cyclist

[Jesus Malverde]

Adventurer Javier Colorado is treated for bullet wound after trying to cycle through one of Pakistan's most dangerous areas

Gunmen shot dead six guards protecting a Spanish cyclist on Wednesday in a violent and remote area of western Pakistan where a bus bomb killed 24 Shi'iteShia pilgrims a day earlier, police said.

The cyclist, who suffered minor wounds, had crossed into Pakistan's western province of Baluchistan from Iran, they said. Six guards were wounded.

Police said they did not know why he was cycling through such a dangerous area. He was assigned the escort by security forces because the province is plagued by kidnappers, Taliban militants, a violent separatist insurgency, sectarian killers, paramilitary death squads and drug traffickers.

Two young Czech women taking the same route by bus were kidnapped in March and are still being held.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/guards-spanish-cyclist-shot-dead-pakistan-baluchistan

[tblue37]

1. I think adventurers who are stroking their own egos by pulling such dangerous stunts

should refuse any "guard" that would put others in danger.

If they want to risk their own life, that's their call, but no one else should be forced to take those risks along with them.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Come visit beautiful Baluchistan!

Home to "kidnappers, Taliban militants, a violent separatist insurgency, sectarian killers, paramilitary death squads and drug traffickers."