POLICE in Pakistan have seized several suspects over the kidnapping of a Scottish aid worker after targeting a group believed to be responsible.

Officers in Quetta – one of the country's most volatile areas – apprehended the alleged assailants yesterday following the abduction of 60-year-old Khalil Dale at gunpoint.

Mr Dale, a health programme manager for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was ambushed by eight masked gunmen as he returned home to a closely guarded area of the city on Thursday.

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