SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Friday announced the detention of multiple suspects over killing of civilians, including journalist Hisham al-Hashimi.
“We promised to capture Husham Alhashimi’s killers. We fulfilled that promise. We have arrested hundreds of criminals – murderers of innocent Iraqis like Ahmed Abdulsamad. We don’t care about media spin: we carry out our duties in the service of our people & in pursuit of justice,” Kadhimi said in a tweet.
Hisham al-Hashimi, a 47-year-old journalist and advisor to al-Kadhimi, was gunned down on July 2020. He was shot by three gunmen outside his home in east Baghdad.
AFP cited a medical source as saying that Hashimi had suffered “a hail of bullet wounds in several body parts”.
Following his death, Kadhimi had vowed to bring his killers to justice, saying: “We promise the killers that we will go after them so they may be served their just punishment.”
Killing of activists are pervasive in Iraq, with many blaming militia groups in the country.
