21 Policemen Shot To Death: Execution Of Pakistan Officers Comes After Amnesty International Report

Twenty-one policemen have been kidnapped and shot by the Taliban in Pakistan. Government officials have confirmed all officers were found dead. Top political official, Naveed Akbar Khan, the bodies of the 21 men were found after midnight in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar by one policeman who escaped the killings.

Before Thursday, 23 policemen were reported missing after Taliban attacked the officers with automatic weapons and grenades which killed two officers. The 21 men were lined up by militants Saturday and executed by gun fire.

The attacks come after scathing report by Amnesty International  which was released in December: "Millions are locked in perpetual lawlessness in Pakistan's northwestern Tribal Areas, where human rights abuses committed by the Armed Forces and the Taliban are beyond the reach of justice."

The growing site of authorities in particular areas in Pakistan have caused outrage with Taliban,The report, entitled The Hands of Cruelty,Abuses by Armed Forces and Taliban in Pakistan's Tribal Areas, added:  "The Taliban and other armed groups continue to pose a deadly threat to Pakistani society - thousands have been killed in indiscriminate attacks or those deliberately targeting civilians over the last decade."