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On This Day: American journalist Daniel Pearl murdered in Pakistan
What is the Daniel Pearl murder case, and who is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh?
On February 1, 2002, American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded while he was working on a story about extremist groups in Pakistan.
Who was Daniel Pearl?
Born in New Jersey, United States (US), Daniel Pearl, aged 38, was an American journalist who worked as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal.
In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Pearl visited Pakistan as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged links between Richard Reid the Shoe Bomber and al Qaeda, in 2002. He was subsequently kidnapped by militants and later beheaded.
On This Day: American journalist Daniel Pearl murdered in Pakistan
What is the Daniel Pearl murder case, and who is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh?
On February 1, 2002, American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded while he was working on a story about extremist groups in Pakistan.
Who was Daniel Pearl?
Born in New Jersey, United States (US), Daniel Pearl, aged 38, was an American journalist who worked as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal.
In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Pearl visited Pakistan as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged links between Richard Reid the Shoe Bomber and al Qaeda, in 2002. He was subsequently kidnapped by militants and later beheaded.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered on Thursday the release of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American
Journalist Daniel Pearl's beheaded body was found in a shallow grave in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in 2002. The murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was overturned last year.