Saddam's deputy Ramadan executed

Baghdad: Saddam Hussain's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan has been executed.

Ramadan's son Ahmad tolf Al Jazeera television that his father would be buried in the area of the Iraqi city of Tikrit near Saddam's burial place.

An Iraqi court had sentenced Ramadan to death for crimes against humanity.

Ramadan is the third senior aide of Saddam Hussain to be hanged since the former dictator was executed on December 30.