IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR KILLING LOCAL COMMANDER
a “young man” was hanged in the central city of Isfahan charged with killing a local police commander.
a “young man” was hanged in public in the central city of Isfahan charged with killing a local police commander.
The police commander, identified as Akbar Bayati, was shot and killed during a gun battle with four men outside a police station in August 2004, the daily Hamshahri wrote.
The four men had first attacked a soldier outside the building, the report said.
The group’s ringleader, identified only as Mehdi B., was sentenced by Judge Seyyed Jaafar Hashemi to hang in public.
The police commander, identified as Akbar Bayati, was shot and killed during a gun battle with four men outside a police station in August 2004, the daily Hamshahri wrote.
The four men had first attacked a soldier outside the building, the report said.
The group’s ringleader, identified only as Mehdi B., was sentenced by Judge Seyyed Jaafar Hashemi to hang in public.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Iran focus, 24/04/2006)