Sarabjit Singh: Indian 'spy' Dies After Pakistan Attack

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[size=4][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif][b]An Indian man on death row in Pakistan has died after being attacked last week by fellow inmates, medical officials and his lawyer said .[/b][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Sarabjit Singh was attacked with bricks by prisoners in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail last Friday.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]He fell into a coma and died at 01:00 on Thursday morning (20:00 Wednesday GMT) in Lahore's Jinnah hospital.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Singh was convicted for spying and sentenced for bomb attacks that killed 14 people in Pakistan in 1990.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]His family, who had only just returned to India after visiting him in hospital, always insisted Singh was innocent and had strayed into Pakistan by mistake when he was arrested.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]But mercy petitions were rejected by Pakistani courts and former President Pervez Musharraf.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]India had appealed for Singh, 49, to be released or transferred to India over concerns about his treatment following his attack. He had sustained several serious injuries, including a fractured skull.[/font][/color]
[color=#505050][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif][img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/67367000/jpg/_67367338_2298bf43-a765-4012-b545-09d14a9511e8.jpg[/img]Sarabjit Singh's family returned to India on Wednesday after visiting him in hospital[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]His death was "feared", Singh's lawyer Owais Sheikh told AFP news agency.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]"His condition was more than critical and he had less chances of survival," he added.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]A doctor told AFP arrangements were under way for an autopsy.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]The issue risks stirring fresh tensions in relations between nuclear-armed neighbours - and long-time rivals - India and Pakistan, correspondents say.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Indian PM Manmohan Singh had described the attack as "very sad".[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Strains had already increased in the past six months with the execution in India of Kashmiri Afzul Guru over the 2001 attack on India's parliament, and of Mohammed Ajmal Qasab, a Pakistani who was the sole surviving perpetrator of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Mr Sheikh said his client had received threats after Guru's execution.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Sarabjit Singh was reportedly attacked on Friday as he and other prisoners were brought out of their cells for a one-hour break.[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif]Two inmates were charged with attempted murder and two officials suspended.[/font][/color][/size]
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