3 convicted persons to be hanged in Wassit

Wassit-Convits WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: The Central Criminal Court on Monday issued a death penalty against three persons in Wassit province, the director of the investigation committee in Wassit said. “The court decided to hang the three people for perpetrating more than 40 killings, kidnappings, and looting crimes against innocent civilians in separate areas of Wassit,” Captain Majid Latief told IraqiNews.com. “They had been arrested earlier in the year by Iraqi policemen,” he added. Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1