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India hangs man for ’01 attack in Parliament

Questions raised on trial’s fairness

NEW DELHI — A Kashmiri man convicted in a 2001 attack on India’s Parliament that left 14 people dead was hanged Saturday after a final mercy plea was rejected, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said.

Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters Afzal Guru was executed early Saturday morning at New Delhi’s Tihar prison.

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