Hamas court sentences two drug dealers to death
A Hamas military court in Gaza sentenced two men to death for drug dealing, the first such verdicts since Hamas took power in 2007. One was to be executed by firing squad and the other was sentenced in absentia; the interior ministry said police had seized $2 million of drugs in January, mostly cannabis and narcotics.
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A Hamas military court in Gaza sentenced two men to death for drug dealing, the first such verdicts since Hamas took power in 2007. One was to be executed by firing squad and the other was sentenced in absentia; the interior ministry said police had seized $2 million of drugs in January, mostly cannabis and narcotics.[1]
Sources
- Gaza: Hamas sentences 2 drug dealers to death, 19 March 2017. Hands Off Cain. Summary of the Associated Press report: verdicts, firing squad, in-absentia defendant, January seizures.