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| Death sentence imposed on perpetrators of US Consulate attack |
| 2003-04-14 |
| A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan on Monday handed down the death sentence on the two suspects of last year's suicide bomb attack on the US Consulate in Karachi which killed 12 Pakistanis and injured 50 others. The chief of the little-known group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen-ul Aalami, Muhammad Imran, and its deputy chief, Muhammad Hanif, were sentenced to death while two other activists, Shariq Arsalan Farooqui and Hafiz Zubair, were sentenced to life in jail. The court found the men guilty of masterminding the bombing which was believed to have been meant for the US staff. Inasmuch as Pak atrocities can be termed "masterminded", anyway... However, no member of the staff was injured in the attack. The person in-charge of the group's financial affairs, Muhammad Asghar, was acquitted as the prosecutors failed to prove the charges against him. The judge found the condemned guilty of murder, conspiracy, terrorism and other charges. The vehicle used in the attack failed to penetrate the consulate's walls and instead hit passersby and security officials outside the consulate building. The ATC Judge Maqbool Rizvi heard the case inside Karachi's central prison and also handed down the judgment there for security reasons. The court has given a week's time to the accused to appeal against their sentences. The defense lawyers have indicated they will challenge them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Difference between Pakistan and America,they'll get that sentance in the next couple days. |
| Posted by: Brew 2003-04-15 00:54:06 |