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Summary No foreigners were in the vehicle that was stopped, police official said.
Gunmen abducted two Pakistani employees working for a South Korean-run hospital in the countrys largest city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said.Kidnappings by criminal groups for ransom are relatively common. Foreigners can be a particular target with five foreign aid and development workers missing or kidnapped in Pakistan since last August.Four armed men stopped a car taking the employees to work in the western neighbourhood of Orangi, local police station chief Sabir Khan told AFP.They asked the occupants: Who is Korean among you? They replied none of us, the police officer said.However they snatched two hospital employees -- a computer operator and an administration assistant. Both are members of the Pakistani Christian community, and fled in a car, he said.No foreigners were in the vehicle that was stopped, Khan said.We have sent teams to track down the kidnappers and recover the staff members, he added.The hospital is run by a South Korean charity, Khan said. Korean doctors work at the hospital and live on the premises, the policeman said.
