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| Pakistan soldier 'stoned to death for affair' in Kurram |
| 2013-03-13 |
| A soldier accused of having an affair with a local woman has been stoned to death on the orders of tribal elders in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Elders in Kurram tribal agency said scores of people threw stones at the soldier in a cemetery near the town of Parachinar until he bled to death. Locals in the mostly Shia area opposed the alleged relationship because he was a Sunni Muslim and the woman a Shia. There was no immediate response from the military. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says it is not uncommon for those deemed to be involved in illicit relationships to be shot in Pakistan, but few if any public stonings have been carried out. |
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