BAGHDAD, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi judiciary issued on Monday four death penalties and a life imprisonment against an Islamic State (IS) local leader for involvement in various terrorist crimes in Salahudin Province north of the capital Baghdad.
A statement by the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council said the convicted terrorist was known to be a judge in Islamic law for the extremist IS group in Salahudin.
The terrorist, whose name was not revealed, was found guilty in several cases, including the killing of five Iraqi soldiers by a roadside bomb attack, complicity with other convicts in the kidnapping of a civilian, and carrying out attacks with other IS militants on the town of Amerly, some 150 km north of Baghdad, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, a separate statement by the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said a force from the Iraqi Intelligence Service arrested an IS militant in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of Baghdad.
In June 2014, the IS group took control of large swathes of territories in western and northern Iraq, including Salahudin Province. Iraq officially declared full liberation from IS militants on Dec. 9, 2017 after three years of battles. Enditem
