KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Seven men accused of wearing police uniforms and raping four women were sentenced to death by an Afghan court Sunday, in a speedy trial amid tensions of the undecided presidential election.
The suspects, who appeared bruised and injured in the courtroom, remained silent as prosecutors read aloud their confessions to the rapes that took place near Kabul on Aug. 23. Four women were returning with their husbands from a wedding that day when 10 men dressed in Afghan police uniforms stopped their vehicles before beating, robbing and raping them.