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Syria hangs five youths in public square
Oct 25, 2007, 14:20 GMT
Damascus - Syria executed five youths by hanging in a public square on Thursday after they were convicted of murder and robbery, the Syrian news agency reported.
The hanging was carried out in Bab al-Faraj, a public square in the centre of the city of Aleppo, 350 kilometres north of Damascus, in the early hours on Thursday, according to the agency.
A military court had convicted the men, aged between 18 and 23, of premeditated murder for the purpose of committing robbery, according to the online news service, Syriano.
Syrian human rights groups have called for the abolition of military courts, which were installed under emergency law in 1963.
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