Posted on 03/16/2005 6:34:47 AM PST by Crookie Monster
An Iranian serial killer who murdered at least 20 children has been executed in front a large crowd of spectators. Mohammad Bijeh, 22, dubbed "the Tehran desert vampire" by Iran's press, was flogged 100 times before being hanged.
A brother of one of his young victims stabbed him as he was being punished. The mother of another victim was asked to put the noose around his neck.
The execution took place in Pakdasht south of Tehran, near where Bijeh's year-long killing spree took place.
The killer was hoisted about 10 metres into the air by a crane and slowly throttled to death in front of the baying crowd.
Hanging by a crane - a common form of execution in Iran - does not involve a swift death as the condemned prisoner's neck is not broken.
Calm and silent
The killer collapsed twice during the punishment, although he remained calm and silent throughout.
Spectators, held back by barbed wire and about 100 police officers, chanted "harder, harder" as judicial officials took turns to flog Bijeh's bare back before his hanging.
The condemned collapsed twice during the pre-execution flogging Bijeh was stabbed by the 17-year-old brother of victim Rahim Younessi, AFP reported, as he was being readied to be hanged.
Officials then invited the mother Milad Kahani to put the blue nylon rope around his neck.
The crimes of Mohammed Bijeh and his accomplice Ali Baghi had drawn massive attention in the Iranian media.
They reportedly tricked children to go with them into the desert south of Tehran by saying they were going to hunt animals. They then poisoned or knocked their victims out, sexually abused them and buried them in shallow graves.
They were found guilty of the murders of between 19 and 22 people, but local people believe the toll to be higher.
Baghi has been given a 15 year prison term.
Now, THAT'S the way to handle felons.
For later.
Baghi has been given a 15 year prison term.
Why the huge discrepancy in sentences?
"Damn... There's something to say for Iranian justice."
Considering the nature of his crimes, this was indeed JUSTICE.
April 21, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City for being a minor in possession of liquor,..
So if he enters the Army (presumably with parental approval), what is he, 17?
And by 4-73, he’d be just shy of 19?
WTF was the legal drinking age in CA in 1973? I ask because in TX it was 18. In Louisiana it was 17. In Florida I recall that it was 18. I think 18 was pretty common at one time.
Maybe he went in the Army at 16? My uncle dropped out of HS and went into the Army, but I recall he had to be 17 even with parental permission. Maybe he had been emancipated or something?
This is one custom of Islamic culture that I agree with.The punishment for those who hurt children should be swift and brutal.In America our prisons are loaded with these child rapists who are let out after serving only five to ten years for the crime of destroying a young life.
I have often thought that the relative rarity of child murder or sexual abuse in earlier days was because either the family or local community inflicted swift and lasting justice on any individual caught in the act or convicted at trial. Now that western society is more "enligtened" we allow these criminals to roam and hunt with only occasional lapses behind bars to interfere in their favorite activity.
I liked this one... too bad she missed.
Well, the Ayahtolahs got at least this part right.
If this evil vermin were caught in America, he would outlive many of the survivors of his crimes.
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