Pakistan, Oct. 1 -- A death row inmate in the US state of Tennessee survived an execution attempt after officials administered a lethal injection.

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According to international news agencies, Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday night for killing a classmate nearly three decades ago.

Prison officials said Pike remained alive during the procedure. The incident marked the first failed attempt to execute a woman in Tennessee in more than 200 years.

Officials said they followed every step of the execution protocol approved by the attorney general's office. They added that the protocol does not provide for additional action if the injection fails.

Pike's lawyers a...