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Court sentences four to death in Kabul lynching case.

Published: 06 May 2015 - 05:23 pm | Last Updated: 15 Jan 2022 - 12:37 am

 

Kabul - An Afghan court Wednesday sentenced four men to death for the public lynching in Kabul of a 27-year-old woman falsely accused of burning the Koran.

Judge Safiullah Mojaddidi, announcing the verdict in a case which sparked a public outcry, said Zainul Abiddin, Mohammad Yaqub, Mohammad Sharif and Abdul Bashir would be hanged.

AFP