Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed

by | Jan 9, 2022 | 0 Comments

At least six people were killed, and 12 more were wounded in recent violence:

The body of a kidnapping victim was found in Sinjar. Ahmed Hussein, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, was allegedly kidnapped by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) fighters on Thursday evening.

In Najaf, the body of a security member was discovered on a city street. He had been shot.

Gunmen killed a farmer in Kubba.

In Baghdad, an unidentified body was found. A suicide bomber was killed.

The body of an Iranian Kurdish political activist was discovered in Erbil. His family believes the death is suspicious. 

In Shishan, the body of a Sadrist leader was discovered.

Five Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a clash with ISIS militants in Tarmiya.

An attack in Hawi al-Adhaim wounded two soldiers.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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