Nine executed for Sudan beheading

Khartoum, 14 April-(ANA)-Nine men from Darfur have been executed for the beheading of a Sudanese newspaper editor in 2006.

They were hanged in a prison in the capital, Khartoum, in front of the relatives of the editor, Mohammed Taha.

It was initially thought that Mr Taha had been killed by Islamists but a defence lawyer said an article in his newspaper had angered Darfur groups.

His decapitated body was found on a dirt road a day after he had been abducted from his home in Khartoum.

Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the men's conviction, saying it was based on confessions obtained by torture.

Groups of women were wailing outside the jail after the executions, reports the Reuters news agency. (ANA)

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