KABUL (HRNW) – The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan s western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said.
Herat province s deputy governor Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir said the men s corpses were displayed in various public areas on the same day as the killings to teach a “lesson” that kidnapping will not be tolerated.
Graphic images posted to social media showed bloody bodies on the back of a pick-up truck while a crane hoisted one man up.
A crowd of people looked on as armed Taliban fighters gathered around the vehicle.
Another video showed a man suspended from a crane at a major roundabout in Herat with a sign on his chest reading: “Abductors will be punished like this”.
The display across several squares in the city is the most high-profile public punishment since the Taliban swept to power last month, and is a sign the Islamist hardliners will adopt fearsome measures silimiar to their previous rule from 1996 to 2001.
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