Pakistani soldier sentenced to death for shooting unarmed man in video that shocked the world

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A Pakistani soldier has been sentenced to death and five others given life sentences after an unarmed man was shot dead in an incident broadcast widely on TV,
Sarfraz Shah, 18, pleaded for mercy before being shot by a group of Pakistani Rangers on June 8.
The unnamed soldiers were convicted of murder by an anti-terrorism court along with a civilian who was also given a life sentence for the incident.

Horror: A Pakistani ranger aims his gun at Sarfaraz Shah in the city of Karachi after he was accused of robbery

Injured: Mr Shah is shot a number of times during the exchange and ends up collapsed on the ground

Brutal: He collapses to the ground in agony and slowly bleeds to death while the rangers do nothing

Agonising: Mr Shah is seen writhing in agony as he slowly bleeds to death
The verdicts appear to be a relatively rare instance of Pakistani security forces being held publicly accountable in a case of troop brutality.
In the video, a plain-clothed man wrestled a gun out of Shah's hand and dragged him by the hair over to a group of paramilitary rangers in Karachi, Pakistan
The victim, who allegedly robbed someone, is heard saying it was just a toy gun as he pleaded with a Ranger who pointed his rifle at his neck.
He was then forced to his knees with his hands behind his back and as he pleaded for mercy one of the soldiers shot him twice - once in the leg and again in the arm.
While on the ground, he begged the Rangers to take him to a hospital, but they stood by as he writhed in an expanding pool of blood.
Shah was eventually taken to a local hospital and died shortly after from blood loss
Pakistani security forces are often accused of using excessive force and killing unarmed civilians - typically those suspected of being criminals or militants.
But Shah's killing drew a huge amount of public fury, and the suspects were quickly arrested.
Although Pakistan has the death penalty, it rarely carries out the punishment.
Life sentences also are usually just 15 years and an appeal against the verdict is likely to be made.
The Pakistani military establishment is still reeling from a string of other humiliations including the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Rough justice: A man drags Shah along the street in Karachi by his hair

Explaining: Shah tries to talk to an armed officer dressed in military fatigues

Fear: Shah looks on as a gun is brandished in his face, based solely on allegations that he has robbed someone in the city of Karachi, Pakistan
Zohra Yusuf, head of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, said: 'It shows that our law enforcement agencies have truly become trigger happy and the brutalisation of society that has come about as a consequence.
'It's very very disturbing and it's been happening too often.'
A senior police official initially described the incident as an encounter with an armed criminal.
The cameraman who shot the video has received anonymous death threats, his boss at local station Awaz TV said.
News of the death was splashed across the front pages of newspapers beside photographs of Shah's grieving relatives.
One headline read: 'Karachi extra-judicial killing shocks Pakistan.'
There were widespread demonstrations after Shah's death about the military police, who have been widely criticised for abusing the extra security powers they have been given to protect volatile Karachi, Pakistan's business capital.

Shock: Dozens of Mr Shah's family and friends attended his funeral

Distraught: Mr Shah's death has caused outrage in strife-torn Pakistan
Mr Shah's brother told the BBC: 'My brother was innocent, he was walking in the park.
'The whole world has seen what has happened.'
The video cams a few days after a prominent journalist, who had reported that Al Qaeda was behind the Pakistani Taliban raid on an air base, was tortured to death.
Suspicion has fallen on military intelligence, who have denied any part in the killing.
The Daily Times said the military, paramilitary forces, police and intelligence agencies 'who confidently violate human rights' should be held accountable for their actions.
An editorial comment read: 'The security and law enforcement forces that do not respect the law themselves are inviting anarchy, which arguably is already under way.'
Last year, a video emerged of two teenage brothers, believed to be robbers, being beaten to death before being strung up on a metal pole in broad daylight. Several policemen had watched the lynching take place.
The Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani,said an inquiry would be launched after the Karachi incident and the culprits punished. But increasingly frustrated Pakistanis have little faith in the government.
Mohammad Sultan, a retired soldier who now works as a security guard, said: 'There is the law of the jungle in this country and no one is accountable for his action or deeds. This is pathetic.'