In Pakistani jail executed a citizen of Russia – RBC

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About the penalty and three Russians convicted on Sunday morning said the Pakistani newspaper Dawn. Publication said that the prisoners on Sunday morning were transferred from the central prison in the city of Faisalabad district jail, where they were hanged. According to Dawn, before death convicts allowed to meet with relatives.

For information about the death of Akhlaq and confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry ..

Earlier, the Russian diplomatic mission reported that Pakistani authorities are negotiating to postpone penalty. Russian Consul in Pakistan Eugene Fidchuk Sunday morning told RBC that reprieve expected to soon make Akhlaq mother. “The information that the delayed penalty, comes from his lawyer. Allegedly she delayed until the arrival of his mother, but, as you know, is no guarantee it is not “- said the consul.

Father Ahlasa Akhlaq – Pakistani citizen, mother – Russian woman, according to the embassy, ​​the family split up a long time . Akhlaq was born in Volgograd in 1979, is a citizen of Russia. In 2003, the Court of Pakistan convicted him on charges of attempting to assassinate Musharraf, who at the time was president of the country. Akhlaq court sentenced to death, and the defendant himself denied his guilt.

After the attack, militants on a school in Peshawar December 16, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif withdrew in force since 2008 moratorium on the death penalty. Responsibility for the attack on the school took over the group of “Taliban”. As a result of militant attacks killed 132 student and nine teachers.

Two high-profile assassination attempt on Musharraf took place in December 2003, with a difference of a few days. In the first case under the bridge in the city of Rawalpindi, the path of the presidential motorcade was laid down five explosive devices. They worked after the motorcade passed the bridge. It happened on December 14 and December 25 in Rawalpindi, the presidential motorcade attacked two truck bombs. That attack killed 14 bystanders, dozens of people were injured. Musharraf and his entourage were not injured.