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Militants kill woman "U.S. spy" in Pakistan

Reuters | By, Khar
Jun 11, 2008 02:33 PM IST

Militants execute a woman after accusing her of being a spy for the US and a prostitute, and say others would face the same fate.

Militants in Pakistan executed a woman after accusing her of being a spy for the U.S. and a prostitute, and said others would face the same fate, a government official and villagers said on Wednesday.

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It was the first time that a woman had been killed in northwest Pakistan after being accused of spying although militants have killed many men they accused of helping U.S. forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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The body of the unidentified woman was found dumped beside a road near the town of Khar in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border, a hotbed of support for al Qaeda and Taliban militants.

A note was found with the body, a government official said.

"She was killed because she was an American spy and a prostitute and those who found doing such activities will face the same fate," said the official, who declined to be identified, citing the note.

A villager said the woman had apparently been strangled as there were rope marks on her neck.

"I didn't see any bullet or knife wounds," he said.

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