Soldier Hanged for Role in Blast
From Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —
A Pakistani soldier convicted of taking part in a failed assassination plot against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was hanged today, an official and a military spokesman said.
Islam Sadiqqui, was among several soldiers arrested after
Al Qaeda operatives and Pakistani radicals, including army officers, tried to blow up Musharraf’s motorcade near this capital city on Dec. 14, 2003.
No one was hurt in the attack.
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