Afghan woman shot in head with AK-47 for allegedly murdering husband
Kabul: A woman who was accused of murdering her husband was publicly shot in the head with an AK-47 weapon by Taliban militants in Afghanistan. She was convicted for the crime by a local Taliban court.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, the accused woman, dressed in burqa, was forced to kneel down on a road and executed. The execution took place in Afghanistan's Khanaqa district.
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The video footage shows the woman kneeling down on the floor, with Taliban militants and locals surrounding her. The men can be heard hurling abuses at the woman.
After a while, a masked executioner can be seen stepping forward with an AK-47 rifle in his hand. He approaches the woman as the crowd spreads out.
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Seconds later, the armed gunman takes aim at the woman and with just one shot - the woman falls to the ground.
The deputy police chief of the region said that the deceased woman could not be identified, but the execution incident was genuine.
