IRAQ: FIVE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH WERE EXECUTED AFTER ATTACK IN BAGHDAD

July 4, 2016: Iraq executed five convicts, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.
The five included Saudis and terrorists from other Arab natonalities.
The ministry said it wanted families bereaved in the bombing to know “that their brothers in the justice ministry are continuing to deliver just punishment to those whose hands are stained with the blood of Iraqis.
“Therefore, we would like to announce the implementation of death sentences against five convicts this morning,” it said in a statement, without specifying their crimes.
The ministry also offered its condolences to families of victims of July 2nd carnage in Baghdad.
A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through a crowded shopping area, killing more than 200 people in one of the deadliest-ever attacks by militants in Iraq. (Sources: AFP, edge.liveleak.com, 04/07/2016)