Iraq Sentences 2 French Citizens to Death for Being IS Members - Reports
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd June, 2019) An Iraqi court has sentenced two more French citizens to death penalty for belonging to the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), the Al-Sumaria broadcaster reported on Sunday, adding that the total number of French nationals sentenced to death for similar crimes in Iraq in past several days reached nine.
According to the broadcaster, 32-year-old Fodil Tahar Aouidate became the ninth French citizen sentenced to death by an Iraqi court over the past week.
On May 26, media reported that three French citizens had been given death penalty in Iraq for belonging to the IS. They were detained by the Arab-Kurdish forces in Syria and were then transported to Iraq in February along with nine other Frenchmen.
Under Iraqi law, a sentence may be appealed within 30 days.