Iraq sentences 14 terrorists to death in relation to Speicher massacre

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
26 Jan 2023 16:05
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An Iraqi court issues death sentences against 14 convicts for carrying out the Speicher massacre in Salah al-Din Governorate in 2014, which resulted in the death of more than 1,700 people.

Iraqi court issues a verdict against terrorists convicted of involvement in the Speicher (archive)

On Thursday, an Iraqi court sentenced 14 terrorists to death in connection with the Speicher massacre in Salah Al-Din Governorate.

In a statement, the Information Office of the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq stated that the Central Criminal Court issued its verdict in accordance with Iraq's antiterrorism law.

It is worth noting that on 27 June 2021, an Iraqi court sentenced another nine terrorists to death after they were also charged with involvement in the same massacre.

8 years have passed since the Tikrit Air Academy massacre, which is also known as the "#Speicher" massacre, where ISIS slaughtered between 1200 to 1,700 military cadets. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/BmKHf26ZoP
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ISIS committed this massacre in 2014 against about 1,700 students and soldiers at the Military College, known as Speicher, in Salah Al-Din Governorate in June 2014, when the northern and western areas of Iraq were under its control.

At the time, ISIS members shot the victims, at point blank, on the banks of the Tigris River and then threw their bodies either into the river, turning it red, or into a mass grave.