Finland sentences Iraqi man for war crimes
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Version 0 of 1. HELSINKI — A Finnish court has given an Iraqi man a 13-month suspended sentence for war crimes committed in his home country last year, finding him guilty of degrading the body of a dead enemy soldier. The Kanta-Hame District Court says the 23-year-old former Iraqi army soldier had desecrated the body, describing his actions as humiliating. Prosecutor Juha-Mikko Hamalainen said Tuesday that the accused had posted a picture of himself with the decapitated head on his Facebook page “for all to see,” and had admitted to the crime. Last week, in a similar but unrelated case, a court in southern Finland gave another Iraqi man a 16-month sentence for committing war crimes in Iraq in 2015. Both men arrived in Finland last year, possibly to seek asylum. Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |