In April, the Taliban used a 12-year-old boy to behead a Pakistani they believed was a spy. |
Most likely it was some tradition from the days long ago when the executioners would personally behead the criminals. |
He was about to behead him when he wounded himself with the cutting edge of his sword. |
In several of these areas, insurgents have killed election officials and threatened to behead anyone who votes. |
The emperor tried to execute him but the blade of the axe broke each time they tried to behead him. |
Militants threatened to behead him unless their demand was met. |