A frame grab from video footage released by Pakistani Taliban militants obtained by Reuters February 8, 2009 shows kidnapped Polish geologist Piotr Stanczak at an unknown location. Stanczak was kidnapped near Attock city, about 65 km (40 miles) west of Islamabad on September 28. A tape was delivered to the office of a Reuters reporter in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan showing two masked men cutting off Stanczak's head, whom the militants said they killed because Pakistan's government refused to release Taliban prisoners. Before he was killed, Stanczak was seen on the tape appealing to the Polish government not to send troops to Afghanistan. He also urged Poland to severe ties with Pakistan, which he said had made no effort to secure his release, said a Reuters reporter who saw the tape. REUTERS/Handout via Reuters TV
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