PAKISTAN. 4 MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN
Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999.
Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999. The four men, all Muslims, were convicted by an anti-terrorism court and the verdict was upheld by higher courts, including the Federal Sharia (Islamic) Court.
"The men were hanged at 4:30 am," said a prison official in Faisalabad.
President General Pervez Musharraf had rejected mercy pleas from the men.
"The men were hanged at 4:30 am," said a prison official in Faisalabad.
President General Pervez Musharraf had rejected mercy pleas from the men.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 29/06/2006 and www.dawn.com, 30/07/2006)