Officials: Pakistan executes 2 convicted militants
By REBECCA SANTANA and MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press
Dec 19, 2014 11:10 AM CST
A small group of rightwing activists of the Hindu Sena or the Hindu Army burn posters with portraits of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, and Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, the chief suspect in the Mumbai attack trial, near the residence of Pakistan High Commissioner to India in New Delhi, India,...   (Associated Press)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say authorities have hanged two convicted militants in the first executions following the reinstatement of the death penalty in the wake of this week's Peshawar school massacre.

Two officials and Pakistan's state television say the executions were carried out late on Friday in the central city of Faisalabad.

There was no official confirmation of the executions. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

Following the school massacre on Tuesday by Taliban militants, the government reinstated the death penalty on Wednesday.

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