Six French Islamic State suspects to stand trial in Iraq
Six French Islamic State suspects to stand trial in Iraq Six French nationals are due to stand trial in Iraq on Sunday, as the country assumes responsibility for prosecuting thousands of suspected Islamic State group members. Iraq's prisons, already packed with IS suspects, have received thousands more detainees transferred since last year from neighbouring Syria. An Iraqi judicial source told…
Six French nationals, part of a larger group of 47 French citizens transferred from Syria, are scheduled to stand trial in Iraq on Sunday, as the country takes over the responsibility for prosecuting thousands of suspected Islamic State group members. Iraq's prisons are already filled with IS suspects, and have received thousands more detainees since last year. One of the suspects, Adrien Guihal, claimed responsibility for the 2016 Nice attack for IS.
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