Twenty-eight criminals and militants executed in Iraq's Basra

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Baghdad - Iraqi's interior ministry executed 28 criminals and militant cult members in the city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, mediareports said on Monday. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, department chief in the ministry, told the Iraqi al-Sabah newspaper that the ministry had on Sunday carried out the 28 verdicts issued by Iraq's central criminal court.

"The execution of such criminals is considered as a message to all criminals in Basra," Khalaf was quoted as saying in al-Sabah. snip

He added that some 1,300 Iraqi police officers were fired for not efficiently contributing to the operation.

Khalaf said Iraqi troops managed to kill 300 militants and wound another 750 during clashes.