An Iraqi criminal court has convicted five men and sentenced them to life in prison in the killing of a U.S. citizen in Baghdad last year
An Iraqi criminal court convicted five men and sentenced them to life in prison on Thursday in the killing of a U.S. citizen in Baghdad last year, officials said.
It was a rare killing of a foreigner in Iraq, where security conditions have improved in recent years.Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the time called the murder “a cowardly crime against an American citizen and resident of our country who is known amongst the community.” A security guard working in the modest residential neighborhood where Troell livedthat the American would greet him in Arabic every morning on his way to work and was well liked by his Iraqi neighbors.
The five convicted men are under detention, while others wanted in connection with the case have fled, they said. The suspects testified during the trial that they shot Troell during a kidnapping gone wrong, one of the officials said. He said the American had been accosted by two cars, with four people in each vehicle, while others stood lookout.
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