Hanging Deferred for Man in 2001 Attack
The Indian government has deferred the hanging of its most notorious criminal, Mohammed Afzal, convicted for his role in the December 2001 attack on Parliament that killed 14 people.
A Home Ministry spokesman said the delay of the execution scheduled today was required to give President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam time to consider a clemency petition.
Afzal, a Kashmiri Muslim, is the only person condemned to death for the attack on Parliament. Two others were acquitted, and the death sentence of a third, Shaukat Hussain Guru, was reduced to 10 years in jail.
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