A couple found guilty of adultery by an Islamic "qazi" court was stoned to death by Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest border region, according to a report in Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper.
The execution, which reportedly took place Monday, is the first by stoning reported in the region, which borders Afghanistan. "Qazi" courts, which are allowed to administer Islamic law outside the Pakistani judicial system, traditionally have ordered execution by firing squad in cases of adultery.
The married woman, identified as Shano, had allegedly eloped on March 15 with Daulat Khan Malikdeenkhel.
A spokesman for the Taliban said a complaint had been received from the woman's family that she had been abducted by Daulat Khan. They later changed the report to say she had run away with him.
Taliban militants captured the couple as they were returning from Karachi, the spokesman said.
Dawn reported that the woman's body was buried by local residents not far from the execution site. The man's body was handed over to his relatives for burial.
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