Tikrit massacre: Iraqi court sentences 24 to death

July 09, 2015 02:20

A Baghdad court sentenced 24 men to death by hanging Wednesday over a June 2014 massacre committed by militants near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, said a spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council.

Four others were acquitted, the spokesman, Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, said in a statement released by his office.

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