Mosul (Iraq), Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Wednesday shot dead in public a female former candidate in the Iraqi parliamentary elections held last year, according to an official in the city of Mosul where the killing took place.
The official, who declined to be identified for security reasons, told Efe news agency that Nahla Yunis al-Badrani, who worked as an official in the province of Nineveh, was executed in the centre of the provincial capital.
The Sunni radical group said it killed her for apostasy, for not complying with the teachings of Islam and for supporting the Iraqi government which it said was "loyal to the West and Iran".
The IS has executed a large number of candidates who took part in the last Iraqi legislative elections, including several women.
--IANS/EFE
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