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Denmark's Pakistan ambassador arrested travelling to Osama bin Laden comple

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Uffe Wolffhechel and his wife were detained for two hours for visiting the area without authorisation and then sent back to Islamabad, officials said.
Karim Khan, district police officer for Abbottabad, told the Daily Telegraph the couple had not obtained prior permission to visit the town.
Their detention provoked a diplomatic protest from the Danish foreign ministry which insisted Mr Wolffhechel had the correct paperwork to make the trip.
The area around bin Laden's compound in the Bilal Town district of Abbottabad has been tightly guarded since the al Qaeda chief was shot dead in an American special forces raid in May.
Security sources said the Danish envoy had been travelling in his official car and followed by intelligence agents after visiting the nearby Thandyani resort.

He and his wife were stopped as they reached Bilal Town where bin Laden is believed to have spent years hidden in a high-walled compound. Pakistani television reports said they were outside the house when stopped.
The couple were taken to Nawan Sher police station and questioned before being sent back to the capital.
The Danish foreign ministry complained about what it called a misunderstanding. A spokesman for the ministry said the ambassador had been on an information gathering visit for the embassy, but declined to give further details.

Denmark's Pakistan ambassador arrested travelling to Osama bin Laden complex - Telegraph
 

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