ISLAMABAD, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani army said five hardcore terrorists were executed on Wednesday in a prison in the country's northwest.
The terrorists were tried and handed death sentence by the military courts for their involvement in terrorism, an army statement said. All convicts had admitted their offences before the trial courts.
The five men, who belonged to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, were hanged at a jail in Kohat, a main city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said.
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