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Pakistan Suspect Claims His Role in US Reporter's Death Was 'Minor'

Associated Press

   ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - In a dramatic turn of events, a man convicted and
   later acquitted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl
   admitted a "minor" role in his death, upending 18 years of denials, the
   Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday.
   A letter handwritten by Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh in 2019, in which he
   admits limited involvement in the death of the Wall Street Journal
   reporter, was submitted to Pakistan's Supreme Court nearly two weeks
   ago. It wasn't until Wednesday that Sheikh's lawyers confirmed their
   client wrote it.
   The high court is hearing an appeal of a lower court's acquittal of
   Sheikh, charged with murder in the death of Pearl. The appeal was filed
   by Pearl's family and the Pakistan government.
   The 38-year-old reporter from Encino, California, was abducted January
   23, 2002. His body was later found in a shallow grave in a southern
   Karachi neighborhood.

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