Baghdad: An Iraqi judge has sentenced a teenage girl to seven and a half years in prison for attempting to blow herself up at police checkpoint northeast of Baghdad.
Provincial Judge Zaid Khalaf says he handed down the sentence to Rania Ibrahim on Sunday.
Ibrahim was 15 when she was caught wearing a suicide vest as she approached a checkpoint in the Diyala province in August 2008.
At the time, there were conflicting accounts surrounding Ibrahim`s arrest.
US officials said she turned herself in after being hooked up to the explosives against her will. Iraqi police said she was caught by a patrol after arousing suspicion while walking in downtown Baqouba.
Khalaf says the sentence can be appealed. He spoke today.
Bureau Report
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