Iraq has hanged three people convicted of involvement in the 2016 Baghdad bombing that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds after a truck bomb exploded in a shopping mall.
It was the deadliest attack against civilians since the bombings in Yazidi towns in Iraq in 2007. The Islamic State group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. The organization was defeated and lost control over territory, but it still remains active.
The executions were carried out on Sunday or Monday. This was reported from the office of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani. They did not disclose the names of the individuals who were hanged, but a government source told the French news agency AFP that Azwan al-Zaubi, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the attack, was among them.
The Prime Minister conveyed to the families of the victims of the attack that "the rightful punishment of the death penalty has been carried out against three key criminals found guilty of their involvement in the terrorist attack."
