manu1959
09-08-2007, 04:03 PM
http://www.comcast.net/news/international/asia/index.jsp?cat=ASIA&fn=/2007/09/07/758122.html&cvqh=itn_behead
BANNU, Pakistan - Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women in northwest Pakistan after accusing them of being prostitutes, police said Friday.
Villagers spotted the decapitated bodies on the outskirts of Bannu, a city in a region where extremists are waging a violent campaign to impose Taliban-style social rules, a police official said.
The two women, 28 and 30, were riding an auto rickshaw when five armed men, wearing masks, overpowered them, bundled them into a car and drove away, he said, quoting witnesses.
A note found with the bodies identified the victims as Bannu residents and accused them of "doing acts of obscenity," a term meaning prostitution, said the official, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
"We have started doing this to end obscenity in the area," the official quoted the note as saying.
Extremists have bombed shops selling music and movies in Bannu and other towns in North West Frontier Province, and barbers have been warned not to shave customers' beards _ moves reminiscent of the harsh version of Islamic law once imposed by the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
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BANNU, Pakistan - Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women in northwest Pakistan after accusing them of being prostitutes, police said Friday.
Villagers spotted the decapitated bodies on the outskirts of Bannu, a city in a region where extremists are waging a violent campaign to impose Taliban-style social rules, a police official said.
The two women, 28 and 30, were riding an auto rickshaw when five armed men, wearing masks, overpowered them, bundled them into a car and drove away, he said, quoting witnesses.
A note found with the bodies identified the victims as Bannu residents and accused them of "doing acts of obscenity," a term meaning prostitution, said the official, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
"We have started doing this to end obscenity in the area," the official quoted the note as saying.
Extremists have bombed shops selling music and movies in Bannu and other towns in North West Frontier Province, and barbers have been warned not to shave customers' beards _ moves reminiscent of the harsh version of Islamic law once imposed by the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
more at link...........