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[Rick Halperin]

May 13



IRAQ:

IS enforces death penalty against Maldivian recruit



The militant organisation Islamic State has enforced the death penalty against 
a Maldivian recruit in Iraq.

Haveeru reported today that the Maldivian was thrown off the top of a tall 
building last month.

He was sentenced to death by an IS court, the newspaper reported, but the 
alleged offence is unclear.

The Maldivian had traveled to IS-held territories in Syria in late 2014 and had 
gone to Iraq last month following a military offensive by the Iraqi army to 
recapture Tikrit.

A number of Maldivians jihadis who traveled to fight in the Syrian civil war 
have been reported dead. Commissioner of Police Hussein Waheed in early January 
estimated over 50 Maldivians could be fighting in foreign wars.

Most Maldivian jihadis are believed to have joined the al-Qaeda-affiliated 
Jabhat Al Nusra front in Syria.

(source: Minivan News)