Diyala (IraqiNews.com) The Diyala Criminal Court has sentenced a terrorist to death over killing 19 persons in an armed attack against a village in the province, the High Judicial Council said on Sunday.In a statement, Abdul-Sattar al-Bayraqdar, a spokesperson of the council, said Diyala Criminal Court "sentenced a terrorism convict to death over carrying several crimes and joining the al-Qaeda."
Among the crimes committed by the convict were "killing 19 persons, kidnapping two others and injuring one in an armed attack against al-Amiriya village in Diyala," the statement added.
Last week, the same court sentenced four suspects, who were convicted for joining al-Qaeda and carrying out terrorist operations, to death. They were accused of kidnapping and killing five members of one family and stealing money after attacking their house in al-Ghalibiya region, Diyala, in 2007.
| The mills of Iraqi justice are grinding excruciatingly slow, but to be fair they’ve spent the last several years fighting what was functionally a civil war. |