A young boy was abducted and hanged over the weekend by militants in southern Afghanistan. Authorities say “terrorists” killed 8-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim after the boy’s father, Helmand Province police officer Mohammed Daoud, refused to comply with their demand to hand over his police vehicle. The boy was killed Friday and his body was dumped in a river.
It is unclear if the militants behind the horrific crime belong to the Taliban or al Qaeda. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing and ordered authorities to arrest those responsible “as soon as possible.”
“President Karzai both strongly condemns this act and rejects it as a brutal and cowardly crime that is not acceptable in any religion or culture,’’ Karzai’s office said in a statement.
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