Iraqi authorities were executed hanging of ten members of the Islamic State convicted on charges of terrorism in the city prison Nasiriyahlocated in Dhi Qar province (south) and the site of numerous executions in recent years.

Security sources quoted by local news portal Nasiriyah News Network indicated that All those convicted were members of a jihadist group and they added that the sentences were ratified by the Iraqi president after all appeals against the decisions had been exhausted.

The executions took place on Monday in the village. Nasiriyah Central Prison, known as Al-Hut (Kit), in the presence of Justice Ministry officials. According to sources of the Iraqi portal, all those executed were Iraqi citizens. Shafak.

On Sunday, Iraqi court sentences eight to death for aiding two terrorists For 2015 double suicide attack by Islamic State in the capital, Bagdad., resulting in about 20 dead and dozens injured.

Iraqi courts have hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in recent years, dozens of whom were executed for their membership in the Islamic State while groups defending Human rights accused the authorities of allowing violations in judicial proceedings and conducting unfair trials to sentence those arrested.

(according to information from Europe Press)