Man executed in Texas

A murderer who went on multiple attacks following the 9/11 attacks has been executed in Texas, US. The man was guilty of hate crimes.

21 July 2011, 12:00am

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Mark Stroman, 41, was executed by a lethal injection despite a plea by one of his victims, who was shot but survived.

Following the infamous 9/11 attacks, Stroman killed two people he thought he were Arabs, out of hate. Rais Bhuijyan, the surviving victim said that killing Stroman was “not the solution”.

“Even though I lay on this gurney, seconds away from my death, I am at total peace,” Stroman said minutes before his execution. “God bless America, God bless everyone. Let’s do this damn thing.”

Stroman had admitted to the killings, claiming it was anger which motivated him: “I had some poor upbringing and I grabbed a hold of some ideas which was ignorance, you know, and hate is just pure ignorance.”

Speaking to BBC, Bhuiyan said that Stroman’s death would not achieve anything, even though he was guilty of hate crime.

“His execution will not eradicate hate crimes from this world. We will simply just lose another human life,” Bhuiyan said.