PAKISTAN: FOUR MORE CONVICTED BY MILITARY COURTS HANGED
May 11, 2017: Another four hardcore militants sentenced to death by a military court were executed in the Kohat jail, taking the total number of terrorists hanged there within 48 hours to eight. According to a press release of the Inter-Services Public Relations, the four convicts belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Like the four who were executed the previous day, the militants who were hanged on May 11 confessed before a magistrate and the trial court to having committed various terrorist acts, including deadly attacks on civilians and law enforcement personnel. The militants who were hanged were: Bakht Ameer, son of Ameer Zaman; Asghar Khan, son of Ahmed Khan; Muhammad Nawaz, son of Ghulam Muhammad; and Mushtaq Ahmed, son of Meraj Khan. All of them hailed from Swat district and were arrested in military operations. The executions were carried out under strict security measures. (Sources: epaper.dawn.com, 12/05/2017)
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