(ANSA) - New York, April 23 - Warren Weinstein, the US
hostage killed together with Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo
Porto by a CIA drone in an anti-al Qaeda raid on the
Pakistan-Afghan border in January, was director in Pakistan for
private development consultancy J.E. Austin Associates.
He was abducted in Lahore in August 2011 shortly before his
planned return to the US.
Al-Qaeda released a proof of life video of him in December
2013 in which he appealed to US President Barack Obama for his
release.
Aged 73, he lived in Rockville, Maryland.
His family has refused to comment on the news of his death.
Factbox: US hostage Warren Weinstein
73, from Maryland