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Data Darbar bombing facilitator sentenced to death by Lahore ATC
[DAWN] An antiterrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Thursday convicted and sentenced to death the controller of the Data Darbar suicide kaboom on May 8 that had left 12 people, including five Elite Force personnel, dead.The convict, Mohsin Khan, was sentenced to death on 22 counts ‐ 11 under the Pakistain Penal Code and 11 under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) ‐ and to life imprisonment under the Explosive Substance Act. Additionally, the convict has been ordered to pay compensation "at the rate of Rs0.4 million per murder" to the heirs of the dear departed and Rs50,000 to each of the injured in the attack. The case was registered on a complaint of the counterterrorism department. During today's hearing, the court ruled that the convict's crime had been proven by the prosecution. According to prosecutor Abdul Rauf Wattoo, Mohsin and the jacket wallah had entered Pakistain from Afghanistan through Torkham on May 6. "Both belonged to a banned outfit," the prosecutor told the court. He said that kaboom was found in the convict's possession when he was captured. Retracing the events of the bombing, the prosecutor said that on May 8, at around 8:45am, the bomber had blown himself up near gate 2 of the Data Darbar shrine, near a vehicle of the Elite Force. "Eleven people, including security personnel, had been killed, and 30 had been left injured," he said. The prosecutor said that Mohsin hails from Shabqadar tehsil of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda district. Both the controller and the bomber had arrived in Lahore on May 8 and had acquired residence near the shrine. Mohsin was arrested by the CTD on May 21. He is being held in Lahore's Central Jail. His death sentence  ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead..."shall not be executed till its confirmation by the Lahore High Court", according to the ATC judgment. Related: Data Darbar: 2019-09-19 PM Imran vows 'accountability for all' over Kasur deaths Data Darbar: 2019-09-03 Two shopkeepers killed, as many passers-by injured in groups clash in Gujrat Data Darbar: 2019-08-29 Police stop marriage of minors in Khanewal; arrest fathers of underage 'groom, bride' Related: Suicide bombing: 2019-11-24 Philippine army says it has killed militant behind suicide attacks Suicide bombing: 2019-11-21 Afghanistan’s president claims victory over IS Suicide bombing: 2019-11-19 Indonesia police link suicide bombing to Islamic State-inspired group Posted by: Fred 2019-11-29 |
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