Pakistan Releases Men Accused Of Beheading U.S. Journalist Daniel Pearl

 

Daily Mail: Four terrorists convicted of kidnapping and beheading Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl are RELEASED including ‘killer’ on death row in Pakistan 

 * Pakistan's Supreme Court today ordered release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been on death row, Fahad Naseem, Syed Salman and Muhammad Adil

 * Islamist militants were cleared of murder last year but they were held for appeal 

 * Sheikh had been sentenced to death after being found guilty of abduction and murder of Daniel Pearl, 38, in 2002 

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the release of four Islamist militants convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2012. 

The court also dismissed an appeal against the militants - including British-born Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh who had been on death row - by the Wall Street Journal reporter's family. 

Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Syed Salman and Muhammad Adil were found guilty of the abduction and murder of the journalist in 2012. 

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WNU Editor: This is just more proof on why Pakistan must be viewed as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

 More News On Pakistan Releasing The Men Accused Of Beheading U.S. Journalist Daniel Pearl 

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Man accused of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl ordered released by Pakistani court -- Washington Post Pakistan orders release of man convicted of Daniel Pearl murder -- DW 

Pakistan's top court frees men convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl -- CNN 

Pakistan's Top Court Releases Man Accused Of Killing 'Wall Street Journal' Reporter -- NPR

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