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Witness Says Taliban Hanged Alleged Kidnapper From Crane in Herat City, Afghanistan

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A witness said on Saturday that the Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in Afghanistan for public display.

The Associated Press reported that four bodies were brought to Herat city’s main square and three of the bodies were transferred to other parts of the city for a display to deter potential ‘criminals’.

CNN reported:

The Taliban in Afghanistan have put on public display the bodies of four men who were killed after they allegedly carried out a kidnapping in the western city of Herat.

A journalist in the city told CNN that a group of four men kidnapped a merchant with his son in Herat province a few days ago.

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