A policeman associated with the murder of the popular scholastic and security specialist has actually been sentenced to death.
An Iraqi court has actually sentenced to death a law enforcement officer, Ahmed Hamdawi Oueid al-Kenani, who was implicated of leading a group that assassinated popular expert and federal government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi 3 years earlier in Baghdad’s Ziyouna district.
A Baghdad court provided a death sentence on Sunday versus al-Kenani under Iraqi counterterrorism laws, a judicial authority declaration stated.
Al-Hashimi, a popular scholastic and federal government advisor who was a specialist on Sunni armed groups such as ISIL (ISIS) operating in Iraq and who had close contacts with leading Iraqi decision-makers, was shot dead outside his house in July 2020 by 4 males on 2 motorbikes.
Al-Hashimi had actually likewise been outspoken versus effective Shia armed stars lined up with Iran, which had actually outraged Tehran-backed Shia factions in Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary network.
The Hashd holds the second-biggest bloc in Iraq’s parliament and manages huge monetary possessions.
Al-Hashimi’s death and al-Kenani’s arrest
Documented security video footage from an electronic camera near al-Hashimi’s house on July 6, 2020 revealed a masked shooter approach his white SUV and fire a number of gunshots through the chauffeur’s window.
As the hit man got away, al-Hashimi’s 3 young kids were seen assisting neighbours pull his bullet-riddled body from the vehicle.
Simply over a year later on, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi revealed that suspects in his advisor’s murder had actually been detained.
Iraqi state tv then aired a video revealing al-Kenani using a brown one-piece suit, stating he led the group that eliminated al-Hashimi.
The security video footage of the attack was revealed on state television, which appeared to support this.
After the arrest, al-Kadhimi stated on Twitter, “We assured to catch Husham Alhashimi’s killers. We satisfied that pledge.”
Al Rassafa Criminal Court Sentences Death to the officer in the Ministry of Interior “Ahmed Hamdawi Ouaid” Killer of Security Expert Hisham Al-Hashimi according to post 4 of antiterrorism law (No. 13 for 2005) after defferring the choice for 10 celebrations. pic.twitter.com/7cYAAH3fQ3
— Dr. Ali Al Bayati|د. علي البياتي (@aliakramalbayat) May 7, 2023
Media were not enabled access to the court on Sunday, however an attorney who participated in the session stated al-Kenani did not state anything in action to the judge’s judgment.
He can appeal the sentence, a representative for Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad stated.
In 2020, federal government authorities explained al-Hashimi’s death as a targeted killing, however did not implicate any group in specific.
Iran-aligned paramilitary authorities rejected any function in the killing, and no organisation has actually declared to have actually performed the murder.
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Al Jazeera and news firms