17 April 2018 :
Iraq executed 13 people including 11 convicted on charges relating to "terrorism", the justice ministry said.
They included individuals responsible for car bombings, "killings of security forces personnel" and kidnappings, it said in a statement, without specifying dates, locations or other details of the attacks.
The executions are the first since the beginning of the year in Iraq.
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