Pak hangs soldier who plotted to kill President

A soldier convicted of plotting to assassinate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday, a senior government official said...

A soldier convicted of plotting to assassinate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday, a senior government official said.

Islam Siddiqui, one of several soldiers and militants arrested after two Al Qaeda-inspired attempts on the General’s life in late 2003, was executed in Multan, after being sentenced by a military court last year.

‘‘He was hanged this morning and his body was handed over to his family,’’ Hasan Afzal, Punjab province Home Secretary, said.

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Pakistan’s military did not comment on the execution, but prison officials said that Siddiqui’s appeal for mercy was turned down by General Musharraf’s Army vice-chief.

Siddiqui was found guilty of involvement in an assassination attempt on December 14, 2003, when a bomb blew up a bridge in Rawalpindi, minutes after Musharraf’s car passed over it. Eleven days later, also in Rawalpindi, suicide bombers attacked his motorcade, killing 15 people.

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