A judge in Pakistan has ordered that two convicts should have their noses and ears cut off as punishment for doing the same to a young woman who refused to marry one of them.
A judge in Lahore handed down the sentences to two brothers on Monday in line with the law of qisas.
The brothers had abducted their 22-year-old female cousin at gunpoint in September after her father refused to let her marry one of them.
The mother of the young woman died of a heart attack after seeing what they had done to her daughter.
The law of qisas stipulates punishment equal to the crime unless the culprit is pardoned by the victim's family.
Before the sentence is carried out, the high court must confirm it and a certified doctor must also determine whether or not they can survive the punishment.
The court also sentenced the pair to life in prison.
In addition, they were ordered to pay 700,000 rupees ($8,300) as compensation to the young woman.
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