IRAQ: COURT SENTENCES FOUR AL-QAEDA MEMBERS TO DEATH
The Anbar criminal court sentenced four al-Qaeda members to death by hanging
The Anbar criminal court sentenced four al-Qaeda members to death by hanging and two others to life in prison, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
The defendants confessed to the September 2011 execution-style killing of 22 male bus passengers in al-Nakheeb, Anbar province, said Col. Hikmat Mahmoud al-Masari, director of media and relations at the ministry.
"During their trial, the convicts confessed to committing the crime for purely terrorist motives," he said.
The defendants confessed to the September 2011 execution-style killing of 22 male bus passengers in al-Nakheeb, Anbar province, said Col. Hikmat Mahmoud al-Masari, director of media and relations at the ministry.
"During their trial, the convicts confessed to committing the crime for purely terrorist motives," he said.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: al-shorfa.com, 25/09/2012)