Two women beheaded by militants in Pakistan

Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women accused of prostitution in northwestern Pakistan, police said yesterday, in the latest case of Taliban-style justice in the region.
The bodies of the women in their 40s were dumped on the outskirts of the conservative town of Bannu, near the Afghan border, a day after they were abducted by gunmen, district police officer Dar Ali Khattak.
Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and its lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are waging a violent campaign for the introduction of strict Sharia law.
A note left with the corpses accused the women of being involved in prostitution with the support of local officials, and warned others like them that they would be punished in the same way, Khattak told AFP.