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Iraq court issues death sentence to al-Hashimi’s killer

A poster depicting Hisham al-Hashimi in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq in 2020 [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]

An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a police officer, Ahmed Hamdawi Oueid al-Kenani, who was accused of leading a group that gunned down well-known analyst and government adviser Hisham al-Hashimi three years ago in Baghdad’s Ziyouna district.

A Baghdad court issued a death sentence on Sunday against al-Kenani under Iraqi counterterrorism laws, a judicial authority statement said.

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