On 18 May 2017, a man and a woman were stoned to death for living maritally without being married. According to officials, the extremists first dig two holes, one for man and other for women, and the couple were buried up to their necks and then four extremists started throwing stones on them and continued throwing until they died from their wounds. Public were invited to take part in this stoning. The couple were accused of violating Islamic law by living together without marriage.