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Afghanistan/South Asia
Four given death for Rawalpindi mosque firing
2004-12-10
An anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced four people to death for firing at a mosque in Rawalpindi, killing 11 worshippers and injuring 14. Fazle Hamid, Habibullah Mujahid, Tahir Mahmood alias Commando and Hafiz Nasir Ahmed were sentenced to death for firing at Shah Najaf mosque near Khyban-e-Sir Syed in Pirwadhai in 2002. The court also fined them Rs 500,000 each. Another suspect Qari Ashraf was sentenced to seven years in rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000. Four suspects, Mujibur Rehman, Muhammad Sohail, Muhammad Abdullah and Mubarik Hussain were acquitted by the court.
Posted by:Fred

#4  too bad there aren't similar penalties for firing from a mosque.
Posted by: 2b   2004-12-10 2:08:49 PM  

#3  Me too.
Posted by: Ptah   2004-12-10 10:32:42 AM  

#2  Ptah, I hope that they mean that this type of imprisonment ends up in rigor mortis.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2004-12-10 9:30:06 AM  

#1  Another suspect Qari Ashraf was sentenced to seven years in rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000.

"Rigorous imprisonment".

I like the sound of that.
Posted by: Ptah   2004-12-10 9:19:47 AM  

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