Iraq executes 36 convicted of involvement in Speicher massacre

‘Iraq has executed three dozen men convicted of involvement in the massacre of hundreds of military recruits in the central city of Tikrit in June 2014.
Yahya al-Nasseri, the governor of Dhi Qar province, said on Sunday that the executions were carried out by hanging.
Abdelhassan Dawood, a spokesman for Dhi Qar governor’s office said the convicts had been executed at a prison in provincial capital, Nasiriyah.’
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