Iraqi court sentences German woman to death over joining IS group
Xinhua,January 21, 2018 Adjust font size:
BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi court Sunday sentenced a female German citizen to death for joining Islamic State (IS) militants group, a judicial spokesman said.
"The Central Criminal Court issued a death penalty by hanging for a German citizen of Moroccan origin in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Law," Abdul Sattar al-Biraqdar, spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said in a brief statement.
The defendant woman confessed in the investigation that she travelled from Germany to Syria and then to Iraq, because she believed in the terrorist organization, Biraqdar said.
He said that the woman was accompanied with her two daughters, who also got married to members of the terrorist group.
"The woman is accused of providing logistical support to the terrorist organization and helped them to commit their criminal acts. She is also convicted of complicity in attacking the Iraqi security forces," Biraqdar said.
Biraqdar did not identify the woman and no further details were given about where and when she was captured. Enditem