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| LI holds public execution of tribesman |
| 2010-02-24 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] The Lashkar-e-Islam organised the public execution of a tribesman after pronouncing him guilty of double murder at a self-styled Islamic court, tribesmen said on Tuesday. The execution took place in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency, which straddles a main supply route for the US and Nato soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Members of the militia captured tribesman Younas Khan in late September, accusing him of killing two cousins in a family row. "Younas confessed to killing of his two cousins," a local tribesman told AFP by telephone from Bara. "On Monday, he was shot dead according to Shariah," he added. Hundreds of tribesmen gathered to watch the execution, tribal elders said "He was killed according to the law of retaliation, blood for blood," a tribal elder said. A relative of the two murdered cousins shot dead the tribesman at the invitation of Lashkar-e-Islam on Monday, another tribal elder told AFP. Officials accuse the Lashkar-e-Islam of kidnapping for ransom in Peshawar, harassing locals and running torture centers and private jails. |
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