(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The execution of seven al-Qaeda terrorists was announced by Iraqi officials.
The terrorists who were from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan and Jordan had been arrested over four years ago announced Dakhel Radhi, a provincial council member of Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province.
He added that the execution was “by hanging” in Nasiriyah prison on Wednesday.
Another 60 al-Qaeda members are awaiting execution in Nasiriyah prison as well.
On August 21, Iraq hung 36 men convicted of involvement in the massacre of hundreds of military recruits in the central city of Tikrit in June 2014.
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