FILES: A scene from a Counter-Terrorism Service operation to arrest ISIS suspects.
ISIS member sentenced to death for 2014 attacks in Nineveh
NINEVEH — The Karkh Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a member of the Islamic State group to death for involvement in armed attacks in Nineveh governorate in 2014, according to a statement from Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council.
The convicted individual was found guilty of participating in terrorist operations intended to undermine security, destabilize the region, and spread fear among civilians, the statement said.
ISIS declared a caliphate in 2014, seizing several Iraqi cities including Mosul and Tikrit, before being defeated in 2017 by Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga, and a U.S.-led coalition. Its last stronghold in Syria fell in 2019, but remnants of the group continue to operate in rural and desert areas.
The court issued the death sentence under Article 4/1, in reference to Articles 2/1, 2/3, and 2/4 of Iraq’s Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005.
The ruling follows a similar verdict by the Muthanna Criminal Court on Monday, which sentenced a man to death for carrying out a double car bombing in Rumaitha district’s industrial area in 2013.