Convicted for murder: Two LeJ militants hanged in Karachi prison

Death row inmates hanged at 6.30 in the morning amid tight security


Our Correspondent February 04, 2015
Death row inmates hanged at 6.30 in the morning amid tight security. PHOTO: ONLINE

KARACHI:


Two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants convicted for the murder of a doctor were hanged at the Karachi Central Jail on Tuesday, in the latest executions since the government lifted a moratorium on death penalty last year.


Attaullah, alias Qasim, and Mohammad Azam were convicted of killing Dr Ali Raza on sectarian grounds in 2001 at the busy Soldier Bazaar area in Karachi. Both men, who belonged to LeJ, a banned militant outfit, were arrested in 2004 and tried in an anti-terrorism court, which later handed down the death sentence.


According to prison officials, the death row inmates were hanged at 6.30 in the morning amid tight security. The roads outside the Karachi central prison were closed to traffic overnight as a security measure before the executions.


Hours after the executions, jail officials confirmed that the bodies of both men were handed over to their family members.


Nearly two dozen people have been hanged since the government reinstated capital punishment in terror cases amid public outrage over the Dec 16 at the Army Public School in Peshawar that left 150 people, mostly children, dead.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2015.

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