Iraqi gets life for killing aid worker

June 02 2009 17:04:50

Iraqi gets life for killing aid worker

Agence France-Presse

"Ali Lutfi Jassar is sentenced to life for participating in the killing and kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, and of attempting to blackmail her family," said chief judge Assaad al-Moussawi of Baghdad Central Criminal Court.

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