Taliban Are Filmed Killing Pakistani Lovers

Film captured on cell phone in mountain village
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 26, 2009 7:54 AM CDT

Taliban enforcers in Pakistan have been filmed in a chilling video shooting down two lovers charged with committing adultery, reports the BBC. The man and woman are seen talking to members of the Taliban, and then move away as they appear to sense the danger they're in. Both are shot several times, then shot again when the gunmen see they are still moving. The cell-phone video, which has stunned Pakistanis, was shot by a reporter in a village controlled by the Taliban.
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