Man skinned alive, thrown off cliff in Afghanistan

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Man skinned alive, thrown off cliff in Afghanistan

Afghanistan - While Taleban denied involvement in the crime, the barbarity of the killing is similar to those carried out by Daesh in Syria and Iraq.

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Published: Tue 14 Jun 2016, 2:32 PM

Last updated: Tue 14 Jun 2016, 5:00 PM

 
A 21-year-old man was skinned alive, his eyes cut out before being thrown off a 10-storey cliff in Afghanistan.
Fazl Ahmad of Ghor province of Afghanistan was killed for suspected involvement of his distinct relative in the killing of former commander of Taleban.
As a party of the revenge, Ahmad was dragged out of his home in December. His eyes were then cut out.
The locals of the Ghor province say he was still alive and screaming while the attackers were craving the skin off his chest to expose his heart. To end it all, he was thrown off a 10-storey cliff.
"They skinned him alive," Ruqiya Naeel, a member of parliament from the area was quoted saying by Washington Post.
While Taleban denied involvement in the crime, the barbarity of the killing is similar to those carried out by Daesh in Syria and Iraq.
The killing is latest in a string of violent acts across Afghanistan over the past six months.
"The amount of casualties, particularly with civilians, is a crime - a crime against humanity, a crime against Afghanistan, and a crime against our people," Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said, somberly, in a meeting with reporters


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