An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent terrorist described as a deputy of ISIL group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death on terrorism charges.

“The Karkh criminal court in Baghdad sentenced to death by hanging one of the most prominent leaders of ISIL, who served as a deputy of Baghdadi,” judicial spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar said.

Ismail Alwan Salman al-Ithawi was extradited from Turkey earlier this year having fled Syria as the group’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” crumbled.

Source: AFP