Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) --
A court in Lahore,
Pakistan, has ordered
that two men have their noses and ears chopped
off, after the two were convicted of doing the same to a young
woman. The anti-terrorism court also ordered that brothers Ammanat
Ali, 29, and Sher Mohammed, 27, spend life in prison and pay 700,000
rupees ($8,300) in compensation to the victim, Punjab province chief
prosecutor Chaudary Mohammed Jahangir said Tuesday. The sentence was
handed down Monday in accordance with Islamic law and the country's
anti-terror laws, the prosecutor said. The woman and her family had
rejected an offer of marriage from Sher Mohammed, the officer who
investigated the case said. The two men attacked the woman, Fazeelat
Bibi, 22, on September 28, in the village of Zafarkey, southwest of
Lahore, Inspector Hakim Ali said. Along with their cousin Mohammed
Ali and two other men, they hid, stopped Bibi on her way home from
work, and strangled her with a wire, the officer said. When they
thought she was dead, they cut off her nose and ears, Ali said. They
mutilated her "to set an example," prosecutor Jahangir said.
Mohammed Ali, the cousin, was also arrested, while the two other men
allegedly involved in the attack have not been, the inspector said.
The brothers were tried under anti-terror laws because the incident
"created tyranny" in the district, Inspector Ali said. The high
court must confirm the sentence before it is carried out, and a
doctor must determine that they can survive the punishment. The high
court has suspended similar sentences in the past.
that two men have their noses and ears chopped
off, after the two were convicted of doing the same to a young
woman. The anti-terrorism court also ordered that brothers Ammanat
Ali, 29, and Sher Mohammed, 27, spend life in prison and pay 700,000
rupees ($8,300) in compensation to the victim, Punjab province chief
prosecutor Chaudary Mohammed Jahangir said Tuesday. The sentence was
handed down Monday in accordance with Islamic law and the country's
anti-terror laws, the prosecutor said. The woman and her family had
rejected an offer of marriage from Sher Mohammed, the officer who
investigated the case said. The two men attacked the woman, Fazeelat
Bibi, 22, on September 28, in the village of Zafarkey, southwest of
Lahore, Inspector Hakim Ali said. Along with their cousin Mohammed
Ali and two other men, they hid, stopped Bibi on her way home from
work, and strangled her with a wire, the officer said. When they
thought she was dead, they cut off her nose and ears, Ali said. They
mutilated her "to set an example," prosecutor Jahangir said.