Court sentences Islamic State member to death over joining group, fighting
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) The Criminal Court in Nineveh has sentenced an Islamic State member to death in Mosul over joining the militant group after it controlled the city in 2014.
According to the court, the convict joined the group, once it controlled Mosul. He fought along with other members in Shirqat.
Many IS members were detained during liberation battles that freed cities, which were recaptured by the militant group in 2014.
In April, the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad has sentenced five female militants, two of whom are Azeri and three others are from Kyrgyzstan, to death over involvement with Islamic State. Life sentences were issued against five female convicts, two of whom are Russian, an Azeri one and a French one.
Moreover, the Iraqi Justice Ministry has announced carrying out death sentences against 13 convicts, most of whom are involved in terrorism. Six Turkish females were sentenced to death over affiliation to Islamic State.
Iraqi military denies Islamic State attack against checkpoint in Nineveh
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi military has denied news on an attack by Islamic State members against a checkpoint in Nineveh.
A statement by the Security Media Center said on Tuesday “What was tackled by media channels on an attack against a security checkpoint in al-Tayaran and al-Okaidat regions in Nineveh by Islamic State is untrue.”
The center, according to the statement, reiterated calls on media channels to “rely on official sources when publishing news on security issues.”
Iraqi security announces capture of three Islamic State militants in Mosul
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi security forces announced on Thursday the capture of three militants of Islamic State in the group’s last bastion of Mosul, a police chief was quoted as saying.
“Nineveh police arrested the three militants upon accurate intelligence data in Mosul city,” Baghdad Today website quoted Nineveh Police Chief Brig. Gen. Hamad Nems al-Jabouri as saying in a statement.
“The arrest was made pursuant to article 4/1 of the anti-terrorism law,” the statement read.