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Soldier Sentenced To Death Over Civilian Killing In Pakistan

August 12, 2011

A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a soldier of a paramilitary unit for the killing of an unarmed youth in what is seen as a rare incident of members of Pakistan's powerful security establishment being publicly held accountable for a murder.

The killing at close range of Sarfaraz Shah in a park in the city of Karachi in June was caught on video and repeatedly broadcast on television, causing public outrage.

Six other people -- five paramilitary soldiers and a civilian --- were given life sentences over the murder.

The Rangers had argued that Shah had been caught trying to rob a woman, a charge his family denied.

compiled from agency reports

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_soldier_death_sentence_in_civilian_death/24295142.html

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