Zar Ajam

Zar Ajam
زار عجم
Ajam in a BBC News interview shortly before his execution
Born
Zar Ajam

1993 or 1994
Died(2011-06-20)20 June 2011 (aged 17)
Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Kabul, Afghanistan
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
ConvictionTerrorism
Criminal chargeTerrorism
PenaltyDeath (18 May 2011)
Date apprehended
19 February 2011

Zar Ajam (Pashto: زار عجم; 1993/1994 – 20 June 2011) was a Pakistani teenager and convicted mass murderer and terrorist who was executed by hanging in Afghanistan for the February 2011 attack on the New Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, which left 40 people dead.

Ajam showed remorse and apologized for his actions shortly before his execution. He was 17.