SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A group of unknown gunmen shot dead an Iraqi activist in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday evening, a security source, a medic and an activist network said.
AFP reported that Salah al-Iraqi, who was also an anti-government protester, was well-known for his active role in the rallies that erupted in Baghdad last year.
He was killed in the district of al-Jadida in eastern Baghdad, AFP cited a security source, a medic and the Iraqi network for social media as saying.
The network includes activists who reported on the protests and their aftermath.
Iraqi has been targeted twice before Tuesday’s shooting, the Iraqi network for social media said.
In his last post on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon, the Iraqi activist had written: “The innocent die while the cowards rule,” AFP said.
Nearly 600 people have been killed in protest-related violence since rallies began in October 2019, including young organizers who were shot dead.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who came to power in May after street pressure forced the previous premier to resign, has pledged to protect rallies and arrest those responsible for past violence.
