An Iraqi court docket on Sunday sentenced to loss of life a former policeman convicted of killing distinguished educational Hisham al-Hashemi, whose homicide in 2020 sparked condemnation in Iraq and overseas.

The sentence towards Ahed Hamdawi Oueid for killing Hashemi, an knowledgeable on Sunni extremism and a authorities safety adviser, was handed down by a Baghdad prison court docket and could be appealed, the judiciary mentioned.