a Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-i-Islam...

a Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-i-Islam, publicly executed an elderly man belonging to a rival group in tribal Bara region, witnesses said. The execution of Maulana Mastamin, who was kidnapped on December 20, was watched by hundreds of people in Gogrina village of Bazaar-Zakhakhel area near Tirah valley. A squad of Lashkar-i-Islam gunned Mastamin down after the 'death sentence' was announced by the Lashkar’s Shura or assembly of elders based in Gogrina. Mastamin was blindfolded with his hands and feet tied with rope. He was associated with several peace committees formed in Bara on different occasions. Mastamin had been receiving death threats for a long time. A spokesman for Lashkar-i-Islam alleged that Mastamin was a US agent and involved in the killing of scores of people during clashes with Ansaarul Islam, a rival group of the Lashkar, in Tirah.