Another death row inmate in al-Hout dies from severe respiratory disease

Another death row inmate in al-Hout dies from severe respiratory disease
2021-08-21T17:42:13+00:00

Shafaq News/ An inmate on death row in the Nasiriyah Central Prison, aka al-Hout (The Whale), reportedly died from a severe respiratory illness earlier today, Saturday.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the forty-ish inmate from Nineveh sentenced to death pursuant to Article 4/Terrorism succumbed to the complications of Tuberculosis.

The body, according to the source, was transferred to the Forensic Medicine Department to continue the legal proceedings.

Tuberculosis has been a frequent cause of death among death row inmates in the Nasiriyah Central Prison recently.

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