The employees of Welt Hunger Hilfe were staying at a house located opposite their regional office in Weston Fort Colony. — Photo by AP

MULTAN, Jan 19: Two foreign employees of a German NGO working in flood-hit areas of Muzaffargarh were kidnapped from Multan's Qasim Bela area on Thursday, sources said.

The employees of Welt Hunger Hilfe were staying at a house located opposite their regional office in Weston Fort Colony. Four gunmen entered the house after overpowering the guard and took the foreigners away. They have been identified as Mr Burnd, a German national, and Mr Giovanni, who belongs to Italy.

Soon after the incident, the local administration along with law-enforcement personnel cordoned off the area.

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