Relatives of Pakistanis Executed in Macedonia to Seek Damages

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Relatives said Sunday they will seek legal damages after Macedonia admitted that its police framed and executed six Pakistani immigrants to boost the Balkan country's profile in the U.S.-led effort against terrorism.
The men, aged between 22 and 29, were gunned down in March 2002 outside Skopje, Macedonia's capital. They had been accused of ambushing a police patrol and plotting attacks on foreign embassies in Macedonia.

Ansar Burney, a lawyer and head of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, a civil rights group which has campaigned on behalf of the victims' families, said he was preparing to file a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

"We will sue the government for $12 million" - $2 million per family, he told The Associated Press by e-mail from London, where he is based.

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