APS attack: Four terrorists hanged in Kohat

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ISLAMABAD: Four terrorists involved in Army Public School massacre have been hanged till death at Central Jail Kohat in Wednesday wee hours.

As per details, terrorists included Maulvi Abdul Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel were sent to gallows over involvement in APS attack which left about 132 students among 141 people killed last year.

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif had signed the death warrants of four terrorists involved in the Army Public School.

President Mamnoon Hussain on November 20 dismissed the mercy plea of four accused involved in Army Public School massacre in Peshawar.

President Mamnoon dismissed the plea of the accused over the recommendation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had recommended President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday to dismiss the mercy pleas of four culprits involved in last year’s Army Public School attack that killed more than 140 children.

All four culprits were awarded death sentences by a military trial court however they filed mercy appeals with President Office.

According to a summary the prime minister has said that APS attack was an act of terrorism and those responsible for this must not be spared.

“Pakistan has changed after deadly militant attack and resolved to curb any type of terrorism,” Nawaz Sharif maintained.