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                   India Hangs Man for 2001 Parliament Attack

   India has hanged a Kashmiri man convicted for his role in the 2001
   attack on India`s parliament.
   Officials say Afzal Guru was executed early Saturday in Tihar prison in
   New Delhi. He was given a Muslim burial in the prison compound.
   Guru had been on death row since 2002.
   He was found guilty of planning the parliament attack. He was also
   found guilty of being a member of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
   Protests broke out in Guru`s hometown, Sopore, after his execution,
   even though authorities had dispatched thousands of security forces
   across the Kashmir Valley to clamp down on any possible demonstrations
   and to enforce a curfew.
   Indian President Pranab Mukherjee recently rejected a mercy petition
   for Guru.
   Several rights groups have said Guru did not receive a fair trial.
   In December 2001, five armed rebels stormed India`s parliament and
   opened fire, killing nine people. All five men who carried out the
   attack were killed.
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