At least 21 people, including a woman, were hanged in a prison in southern Iraq on mostly “terrorism” charges, three security sources and one medical source said. This is the largest number of executions that have been carried out in one day in recent months. Under Iraq’s penal code, “terrorism” as well as murder and drug trafficking are punishable by death by hanging. Decrees authorizing executions must be signed by the country’s president. “There are 21 people executed on terrorism charges,” a security official from the capital Baghdad told AFP. Islamic State members A prison service source from the south of the country confirmed that executions took place in Nasiriyah prison and that a woman was among those sentenced to death. Some of them were linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, he added. “The woman was part of a group that killed a man” it […]
Source: News Beast
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