Rape case four hanged in Pakistan
Four Muslim men were hanged in Pakistan on Thursday for gang-raping a teenage Christian girl at gunpoint in the city of Faisalabad in 1999.
The men were convicted by an anti-terrorism court. Their guilty verdicts were upheld by higher courts, and clemency appeals were turned down.
"The men were hanged at 0430," said a prison official in Faisalabad.
Christians form a small minority in Muslim-majority Pakistan, which has a population of about 150m people.
The bodies of the men were handed over to their relatives later on Thursday.
Their appeals to higher courts - including a Sharia (Islamic) court all failed. A final plea for clemency was rejected by President Musharraf.
BBC
The men were convicted by an anti-terrorism court. Their guilty verdicts were upheld by higher courts, and clemency appeals were turned down.
"The men were hanged at 0430," said a prison official in Faisalabad.
Christians form a small minority in Muslim-majority Pakistan, which has a population of about 150m people.
The bodies of the men were handed over to their relatives later on Thursday.
Their appeals to higher courts - including a Sharia (Islamic) court all failed. A final plea for clemency was rejected by President Musharraf.
BBC
posted by Subrosa at Thursday, June 29, 2006
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