PAKISTAN: 52 DEATH SENTENCES FOR 52 LIVES LOST

March 6, 2013: A judge who faced constant death threats from the Taliban during a 22-month long case sentenced a surviving suicide bomber to life in prison.
The special judge for anti-terrorism court II, Justice Asif Majeed, also announced death sentence for the mastermind of the 2010 attack on the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan.
Fifty-two people were killed and more than 150 injured in the attack on the mausoleum on April 3.
And thus, for each victim, Justice Majeed awarded 52 death sentences for the mastermind and 52 life imprisonment sentences for the suicide bomber.
The life imprisonment sentence awarded to Omar Fidaayi is equal to 1,300 years. Fidaayi was one of three suicide bombers present on the night of the attack at the shrine.
Fidaayi was merely 13 years old at that time and revealed to investigators that 400 more children had been trained to be suicide bombers in Pakistan.
Behram Khan, also known as Sufi Baba, the mastermind of the attacks, was arrested after Fidaayi spoke to investigators, revealing his involvement. (Sources: The Express Tribune, 07/03/2013)