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The terrorist who stormed Kabul Bank Branch in eastern Jalalabad city killing 40 people was hanged along with his accomplice in Kabul on Monday.
The terrorist and his accomplice were sentenced to death on June 13.
Justice Ministry Spokesman said the two were hanged, but Afghanistan Civil Society Forum criticising the government said the convicts should have been executed in public as a lesson to other killers.
"Kabul Bank convicts, Matiullah a resident of Nangarhar province and Zar Ajam a resident of North Waziristan, who were accused of the murder of 35 Nangarhar residents were executed today," Justice Ministry Spokesman Farid Ahmad Najibi said.
In February the shooter, Zar Ajam, dressed in police uniform and wearing suicide vest stormed into a Kabul Bank branch in Jalalabad and shot dead nearly 40 civilians with an AK-47.
The Attorney General's Office had previously said the High Court had issued the death sentence of the convicts, Zar Ajam and Qari Mattiullah, an Afghan who provided him facilitation, for the massacre at the Kabul Bank branch.
Nearly 40 civilians, who were visiting the bank, were killed and 73 others were injured in mid February this year.
Officials had said Afghan President Hamid Karzai would have to sign the death warrant to allow the sentence to be carried out.
Victims' families in Nangarhar province and some security officials have previously urged capital punishment for the raider. They have urged the government to hang the man in public to be a lesson to other murderers of innocent civilians.
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The terrorist and his accomplice were sentenced to death on June 13.
Justice Ministry Spokesman said the two were hanged, but Afghanistan Civil Society Forum criticising the government said the convicts should have been executed in public as a lesson to other killers.
"Kabul Bank convicts, Matiullah a resident of Nangarhar province and Zar Ajam a resident of North Waziristan, who were accused of the murder of 35 Nangarhar residents were executed today," Justice Ministry Spokesman Farid Ahmad Najibi said.
In February the shooter, Zar Ajam, dressed in police uniform and wearing suicide vest stormed into a Kabul Bank branch in Jalalabad and shot dead nearly 40 civilians with an AK-47.
The Attorney General's Office had previously said the High Court had issued the death sentence of the convicts, Zar Ajam and Qari Mattiullah, an Afghan who provided him facilitation, for the massacre at the Kabul Bank branch.
Nearly 40 civilians, who were visiting the bank, were killed and 73 others were injured in mid February this year.
Officials had said Afghan President Hamid Karzai would have to sign the death warrant to allow the sentence to be carried out.
Victims' families in Nangarhar province and some security officials have previously urged capital punishment for the raider. They have urged the government to hang the man in public to be a lesson to other murderers of innocent civilians.
http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanist...shooter-hanged-
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