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| Iraqi activist shot dead in Baghdad |
| 2020-12-17 |
| [THEBAGHDADPOST] An Iraqi anti-government protester was rubbed out in east Baghdad by masked button men on Tuesday evening, according to a security source, a medic and an activist network. Salah al-Iraqi was well-known for his active role in the rallies that erupted in Iraq's capital and the Shiite-majority south last year, slamming the government as corrupt, inefficient and beholden to neighbouring Iran. Iraqi was killed in the capital's Baghdad al-Jadida district, according to a medic, a security source and the Iraqi Network for Social Media (INSM), a collection of activists who reported on the protests and their aftermath. All three sources confirmed to AFP that Iraqi died on his arrival at the nearby Sheikh Zayed hospital. Baghdad al-Jadida is a few kilometres (miles) from Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the capital's protests from where Iraqi, always energetic, would broadcast live footage. INSM said he had already been targeted twice before Tuesday's shooting. In his last post on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi had written: "The innocent die while the cowards rule." |
| Posted by:Fred |