Pakistan ? Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women in northwest Pakistan after accusing them of being prostitutes, police said Friday.

Villagers spotted the decapitated bodies on the outskirts of Bannu, a city in a region where extremists are waging a violent campaign to impose Taliban-style social rules, a police official said.

The two women, ages 28 and 30, were riding an auto rickshaw when five armed men, wearing masks, overpowered them, bundled them into a car and drove away, he said, quoting witnesses.

A note found with the bodies identified the victims as Bannu residents and accused them of “doing acts of obscenity,” a term meaning prostitution, said the official, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.