26 April 2019 :
An Iraqi court has sentenced an Islamic State militant to death over his involvement in a deadly car bomb attack in the province of Diyala, iraqinews.com reported on 24 April 2019.
“The Diyala Criminal Court handed down a death penalty for a terrorist after he admitted booby trapping a vehicle to target a funeral ceremony in Abu Sayda district in Diyala, an explosion which left scores of civilians dead and wounded,” Alghad Press website quoted the Supreme Judicial Council media center as saying in a press statement.
(Sources: iraqinews.com, 24/04/2019)
