Guard hanged for killing governor in Pakistan

Pakistan has hanged a bodyguard for fatally shooting the governor he was assigned to protect. Mumtaz Qadri killed Salman Taseer in 2011, because he believed the governor had committed blasphemy.

Protesters denounced the hanging. Some religious and political leaders, as well as militant groups, defended the killer.

Most schools closed down in the capital, Islamabad, and in the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, in fear of violence.