Terror suspects hanged in Iraq

Iraq has hanged thirteen prisoners convicted on terror charges following a recommendation by the prime minister to speed up executions of those on death row for terror-related offences.

The prisoners were executed late on Thursday, hours after Prime Minister Mr al-abadi recommended to President Fuad Masum that he sign execution orders for all terror suspects awaiting capital punishment.

Al-abadi is facing fresh questions over gaps in security after the bodies of eight policemen and members of a pro-government Shiite militia were found on the side of a road north of Baghdad this week.

The eight were believed to have been abducted by Islamic State (IS) militants earlier this month. The 13 prisoners exhausted all possibilities for appeal.