He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide , Ali al-Dabagh said . NEW : U.S. handed al - Majeed over to Iraqi authorities shortly before execution , official says . Saddam Hussein 's son Ali Hussein al - Majeed executed . Al - Hussein had been sentenced to death in four separate trials . They had been delayed by VP 's refusal to accept another man 's death sentence .
NEW : U.S. handed al - Majeed over to Iraqi authorities shortly before execution , official says . Saddam Hussein 's son Ali Hussein al - Majeed executed . Al - Hussein had been sentenced to death in four separate trials . They had been delayed by VP 's refusal to accept another man 's death sentence .