Iraq carries out biggest mass execution of prisoners this year

Iraq has put to death 42 people convicted of terrorist acts in the biggest mass execution carried out by Baghdad authorities this year. The alleged Sunni militants were hanged at a prison in Nasiriyah, charged with carrying out car bombings on civilian areas and killing servicemen, the justice ministry said. The hangings took place close to an area where the Islamic State group launched a series of bloody bomb attacks in September.
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