UN worker and bodyguard shot dead at refugee camp

A UN employee and his bodyguard were killed in a shooting at a refugee camp in north-western Pakistan today, police said.

Local police chief Ghayoor Afridi said gunmen shot the UN employee and his bodyguard at a the Kacha Garhi camp near Peshawar.

Mr Afridi said the assailants tried to kidnap the UN official and opened fire when the UN employee resisted.

Mr Afridi said two Pakistanis working for the UN were also wounded in the attack.

UN employees have come under attack several times in Pakistan in recent months, including a bombing last month that killed several UN employees at a hotel in Peshawar.

UN spokeswoman Ishrat Rizvi said the worker was shot in the chest. Ms Rizvi refused to say if the employee was a Pakistani or a foreigner.