The Higher Judicial Council of Iraq sentenced nine militants to the terrorist group of the Islamic state (IG, prohibited in Russia) to the death penalty. It is reported by the local TV channel Al-Sumaria.
“In the course of investigative activities, convicts were confessed in the commission of crimes on the” Spiker “in the summer of 2014, participating in the terrorist shares of the IG on the seizure of the province of Salah Ed-Dean and mass murders,” the published statement said. It is noted that the court found enough evidence to submit an indictment under the article on the fight against terrorism.
According to the television channel, militants are executed through hanging.
In April 2015, 12 mass graves found in Iraqi Tikritis, in which 1.7 thousand bodies were located. According to the military, it is the corpses of Iraqi soldiers taken in captivity, and subsequently killed by militants ig. The burial found next to the former American base “Spiker”.
The Terrorists of the Islamic State occupied part of the territory of Iraq in the summer of 2014. A year later, with the support of the International Coalition, the Iraqi authorities began a large-scale campaign for the liberation of areas captured by the militants. In December 2017, Iraqi Prime Minister Header Al-Abadi announced the final victory over the game, noting that the threat of terrorism in the country remains preserved.