Iraqi security forces arrest 3 terrorists involved in Camp Speicher massacre
Families of the victims mourn their sons at the site of the Speicher massacre. Photo: Al-Ain News
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Joint Operations Command announced on Thursday that three terrorists involved in the Camp Speicher massacre have been arrested.
The Joint Operations Command said in a statement that the terrorists were arrested outside Iraq following intelligence efforts by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
In early 2023, the Central Criminal Court issued death sentences against 14 terrorists for their participation in the Camp Speicher massacre in 2014.
The court said that the criminals participated in the Camp Speicher massacre by killing around 1,700 cadets of a military academy in a military base in Tikrit in Salah Al-Din governorates.
In December 2022, the Supreme Judicial Council issued a death sentence against one of those responsible for the killing of more than 600 victims of the Speicher massacre.
During their invasion of Iraqi cities in the summer of 2014, ISIS terrorists killed around 1,700 cadets in cold blood who were receiving a military course at the Speicher Air Base in Salah Al-Din governorate.