Iran hangs 4 in public for villa rape raid
Times Live / AFP
16-Oct-2011 (one comment)

Four men convicted of raiding a private party in Iran’s central Isfahan province and abducting and raping several women were publicly hanged Wednesday before a crowd of thousands, Iranian media reported.

The men, aged 20 to 25, were part of a gang of 15 that burst into the party, being held in a villa in the town of Khomeni Shahr in May, wielding knives and clubs, Fars news agency said.

After overpowering and tying up male guests, the gang kidnapped the women and took them to a nearby villa, where they were raped, ISNA news agency said.

The hanged men all had prior police records for consuming alcohol, which is banned in Iran, weapons offences and kidnapping.

Five other members of the gang were sentenced to 28 years in prison and 74 lashes for complicity in the raid, while charges against two recently arrested suspects were under review, provincial judiciary chief Gholam Reza Ansari said, according to Fars.

Four other suspects are at large.

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What probably happened is

by Simorgh5555 on Sun Oct 16, 2011 02:47 AM PDT

What probably happened is that they got hold of four hapless individuals or those already serving time in prison and strung them up to appease an angry public. Those that perpetrated the henious act were probably police, Basij or members of the army who were able to use their official position as a subterfuge to gain entry into the house. 


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