Where is speicher at in iraq

Rights groups have criticised the trials. IS released photos and video documenting the massacre in Mass graves were discovered when Iraqi government forces recaptured the area, including the nearby town of Tikrit, in Several people were arrested during the government offensive on suspicion of involvement in the crime. On Thursday, a Baghdad court convicted 40 defendants over the killings, under anti-terrorism legislation.

Seven defendants were released because of a lack of evidence, a judicial spokesman said. A judicial official told the AFP news agency that all 47 defendants were Iraqi citizens. In , the Iraqi government announced it had unearthed the bodies of more than 1, massacre victims in the first series of graves to be found in Tikrit. Abo Rezeg He said the verdicts are still subject to appeal. Please contact us for subscription options.

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Islamic State militants filmed soldiers they captured in Tikrit, prior to their killing. Image source, AFP. Mass graves were discovered near Camp Speicher after Iraqi forces recaptured the area in Image source, Reuters.