Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Mohammad Afzal Guru (30 June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was born in Indian administered Kashmir who was convicted and was given death sentence in India for his role in the December 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. He had received terrorist training in Pakistan by Pakistan Army's retired officers and was found to have played a central role in the Parliament attacks. He had provided hideout and logistics for the terrorists in New Delhi. Tracking of phone calls between him and the militants, minutes before the attack, proved his role, which he later confessed to. In 2001, Guru was arrested, along with three others. The initial conviction and sentence was made by a special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in 2002, which was confirmed in 2003 by the Delhi High Court. In 2005, his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of India following which his wife filed a mercy petition before the President of IndiaOn 3 February 2013, his mercy petition was rejected by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee and he was secretly hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail around 08:00 am on 9 February 2013 and afterward buried inside jail grounds in Operation Three Star. His family was not informed prior to execution and his dead body was later denied to his family, while his execution resulted in violent protests across the Kashmir region."@en }
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- Afzal_Guru abstract "Mohammad Afzal Guru (30 June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was born in Indian administered Kashmir who was convicted and was given death sentence in India for his role in the December 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. He had received terrorist training in Pakistan by Pakistan Army's retired officers and was found to have played a central role in the Parliament attacks. He had provided hideout and logistics for the terrorists in New Delhi. Tracking of phone calls between him and the militants, minutes before the attack, proved his role, which he later confessed to. In 2001, Guru was arrested, along with three others. The initial conviction and sentence was made by a special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in 2002, which was confirmed in 2003 by the Delhi High Court. In 2005, his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of India following which his wife filed a mercy petition before the President of IndiaOn 3 February 2013, his mercy petition was rejected by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee and he was secretly hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail around 08:00 am on 9 February 2013 and afterward buried inside jail grounds in Operation Three Star. His family was not informed prior to execution and his dead body was later denied to his family, while his execution resulted in violent protests across the Kashmir region.".