Iraq PM orders 'immediate' execution of death row jihadists

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AFP Baghdad
Last Updated : Jun 29 2018 | 12:30 AM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi today ordered the immediate execution of all convicted jihadists on death row, in swift retaliation for the Islamic State's execution of eight captives.

Abadi "ordered the immediate execution of terrorists condemned to death whose sentences have passed the decisive stage", his office said, referring to convicts whose appeals have been exhausted.

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First Published: Jun 29 2018 | 12:30 AM IST

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