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(Recast) Urgent: Iraqi court sentence 40 people to death for mass killing of soldiers

Xinhua, February 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 40 defendants to death over charges of killing about 1,700 soldiers when Islamic State (IS) militants seized the city of Tikrit in June 2014, an Iraqi official television reported. Enditem