Saturday, February 09, 2013

09-02-2013:

Protests erupt as India executes Afzal Guru for parliament attack

India hanged Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru today for an attack on parliament in 2001.

Policemen stand guard on a road covered in stones and bricks thrown by Kashmiri protesters during a protest against the death sentence of Afzal Guru in Srinagar October 6, 2006. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hanged Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru today for an attack on parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between hundreds of protesters and police who wielded batons and fired teargas to disperse the crowds.
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected a mercy petition from Mohammad Afzal Guru and he was hanged at 8 a.m. in Tihar jail in the capital, New Delhi.

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