Supreme Council sentences ISIS member to life in prison

ShafaqNews- Baghdad

TheBaghdad/Karkh Criminal Court has sentenced an ISIS member to life in prison forspreading extremist content and promoting terrorist ideology on social mediaplatforms, the Supreme Judicial Council announced Thursday.

Thesentence was handed down under Iraq's Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005, aswell as Article 132/1 of the Penal Code.

Earliertoday, the Iraqi forces arrested an ISIS security commander in Tarmiya, northof Baghdad. The suspect operated within the group's so-called “WilayatAl-Anbar” (Al-Anbar Province) and was involved in attacks targeting securitypersonnel and civilians. He later moved to Baghdad and continued working withISIS.

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