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Afghanistan/South Asia |
Four sentenced to death in Pakistan for Musharraf plot |
2005-10-04 |
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani military court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death and handed two others life terms for their role in a 2003 attempt to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf, officials said. They were involved in a plot by junior Pakistani air force officials to kill Musharraf by blowing up a bridge in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, on December 14, 2003. Musharraf narrowly survived. âFour junior officials have been sentenced to death and two others were given life imprisonment today,â a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. An intelligence official also confirmed the judgment. |
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