Iraqi authorities executed at least 11 people by hanging this week after convicting them of “terrorist crimes” and belonging to the Islamic State, two security and health officials said Wednesday.
A security official in Dhi Qar Governorate (south) said, “The death sentence was carried out against eleven ISIS terrorists in Al-Hoot prison in the city of Nasiriyah under the supervision of a team from the Ministry of Justice.”
A medical source in the Dhi Qar Health Department confirmed, "We received the bodies of 11 defendants who were executed inside Al-Hoot prison in Nasiriyah on Monday."