Editorial photo #13456
Gaza: execution of Hani Abu Aliyan
This photograph released by the Gaza Strip Interior Ministry purports to show a gallows prepared for the execution of Hani Abu Aliyan, a 28-year-old convicted of killing two people, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Masked executioners in Hamas-run Gaza on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of stabbing to death an acquaintance over money, ignoring protests by human rights activists who say Gaza s legal system is badly tainted. Abu Aliyan was executed inside a security compound Wednesday in the presence of relatives of the victim, a first for a criminal case in Gaza.
