A gunman on a motorcycle shot and severely wounded an elderly Swedish woman who worked at a church in eastern Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
The woman, who was identified by Pakistani police as Bargetta Emmi, was getting out of her car in front of her home in the city of Lahore when she was shot in the neck by an unknown assailant. Her servants reported the incident to police, said Pakistani police officer Malik Awais.
She was a director of FGA Church (Full Gospel Assemblies of Pakistan), Awais said.
Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Teo Zetterman confirmed en elderly Swedish woman was shot and severely wounded in Lahore. He said she was a volunteer worker in her 70s, but did not provide her name or where she worked.
The woman is a Swedish citizen but has lived and worked in Pakistan for several years, said Zetterman.
The gunman who shot Emmi escaped, and the motive was unclear.
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