Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say armed gunmen have kidnapped a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest. Police say around 15 men on motorbikes intercepted the judge’s vehicle as he was travelling toward Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday evening. The assailants set the car on fire before fleeing with the judge. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault, but a video distributed by counter-terrorism officials showed the judge saying the militant Pakistani Taliban group, or TTP, would not release him until their demands were met. It was unclear if the judge was speaking under duress.