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Al-Qaeda in Yemen stones woman to death for adultery:witnesses

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Al-Qaeda militants have stoned a woman to death in a southeastern Yemeni city they control after accusing her of adultery and prostitution, several witnesses said today.

The jihadists yesterday "placed the woman in a hole in the middle of the courtyard of a military building and stoned her to death in the presence of dozens of residents" of Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, one of the witnesses said.

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First Published: Jan 04 2016 | 7:32 PM IST

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