NASIRIYAH, Iraq, May 31, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Iraqi authorities have executed eight people convicted of "terrorism" over links to the Islamic State group, said Friday a security source in the country's southern Dhi Qar province.

The source told AFP that eight Iraqis "convicted of terrorism and of being members of the Islamic State group were executed by hanging" at a prison in the city of Nasiriyah "under the supervision of a justice ministry team", with a local medical source confirming that the health department had received the bodies of eight executed people.