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IRAQ: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
May 6, 2019: An Iraqi court has sentenced four people to death by hanging for belonging to the Islamic State militant group and committing terrorist crimes in Iraq and Syria, a judiciary statement said on 21 April 2019.
The four men, wanted by Iraqi authorities, were handed to Iraq by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the statement said.
A Baghdad criminal court convicted them for joining IS and "carrying out criminal operations that targeted innocent civilians with the aim of undermining peace and stability in Iraq and Syria".
A judicial source said the four men were Iraqi.
(Sources: Reuters, 21/04/2019)
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