ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Thursday hanged a "hardcore terrorist" who was involved in committing heinous offenses relating to terrorism, the Pakistani military said.
Tahir, an active member of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, was involved in a jail break in the northwestern Bannu district in April in 2012, and attacks on security forces.
Heavily armed Taliban militants had attacked the prison and released over 350 prisoners and mostly of them were militants.
An army statement by its media wing the Inter-Services Public Relation said that Tahir was convicted by a military court and was sent to gallows in District Jail Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
The statement said the militant had admitted his offenses before the magistrate and the trial court.
This is the third execution this month in terrorism-related cases.
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