Eight years later, two persons involved in the Abu Ghraib attack sentenced to death
2021-07-29T12:53:53+00:00
Shafaq News/ The Central Criminal Court of the Federal Court of Cassation in Baghdad/al-Rusafa sentenced two indictees involved in the attack on Abu Ghraib prison in 2013 to death earlier today, Thursday.
A statement of the Supreme Judicial Council said that the defendants were sentenced, among others, for charges related to possession of arms and explosives to release by force prisoners who belong to terrorist groups.
"The attack resulted in the martyrdom of a group of the prison officers and injuring others...The Court found the evidence sufficient to prosecute the convicts pursuant to Article 4/Terrorism no. 13 of 2005."
