4 CIVILIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON MURDER, ROBBERY CHARGES

the Criminal Court in Wassit, Iraq, handed down death sentences to four civilians after being found guilty of murder and robbery. “They were sentenced under Article 4 of the Anti-terrorism Law,” the head of the criminal investigations department in Wassit, Lt. Col. Baqir Hadi, said. The convicts were arrested in 2008 during search raids in the al-Suweira area, Hadi explained.