Pakistan resumes prisoner executions in wake of school massacre
Reuters
2014-12-20
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The Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is still reeling from Tuesday's Taliban massacre that left at least 132 students dead.
But now the campus is also on high alert ... after the government lifted its moratorium on executions and hanged two prominent jailed militants.
The men had no connection to Tuesday's bloody assault but their execution comes as Pakistani society demands more action to stem the violence...
... including this relative of one of the students killed in the school attack.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) RELATIVE OF STUDENT KILLED IN PESHAWAR ATTACK, MARGHAI BIBI, SAYING:
"The hangings should be carried out. Why not? People's families are getting destroyed; young men are dying; children are dying. Why should this not be done? This should be done so even their parents feel the pain."
One of the executed militants was in jail for leading an attack on an army headquarters in 2009 that left 20 people dead.
The other was arrested for try
But now the campus is also on high alert ... after the government lifted its moratorium on executions and hanged two prominent jailed militants.
The men had no connection to Tuesday's bloody assault but their execution comes as Pakistani society demands more action to stem the violence...
... including this relative of one of the students killed in the school attack.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) RELATIVE OF STUDENT KILLED IN PESHAWAR ATTACK, MARGHAI BIBI, SAYING:
"The hangings should be carried out. Why not? People's families are getting destroyed; young men are dying; children are dying. Why should this not be done? This should be done so even their parents feel the pain."
One of the executed militants was in jail for leading an attack on an army headquarters in 2009 that left 20 people dead.
The other was arrested for try
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