Pakistan hanged four convicted
militants on Wednesday who were sentenced to death over a
Taliban attack on an army-run school last year that killed more
than 150 people, mostly children, the Associated Press reported.
Officials said the men were executed at a
high-security prison in the northwestern city of Kohat. The
officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were
not authorized to speak to media. The four are the first
convicted militants to be executed in connection with the
school massacre.
The December 16 attack, which was claimed by the Pakistani
Taliban, horrified the country and led the government to lift
a 2008 moratorium on the death penalty. However, most of the
nearly 300 people hanged since then have been convicted
criminals, not militants.
Parents of children killed in the assault welcomed the
executions and demanded that all those connected to the attack
be given the same punishment.
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