Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

Tribal Chieftain, his brother, killed in Anbar Province:

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A tribal chieftain of west Iraq’s Ramadi city and his brother have been killed by a group of unknown armed men on Wednesday, an Abar Police source said. “A group of unknown gunmen, dressed in military uniform, attacked the house of Sheikh Ali Dayih in Garban area of Habbaniya city, east of Ramadi, instantly killing him and his brother,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said “the reason for killing the Sheikh and his brother was not known, but one of the tribal chieftains said that he had been one of the chieftains, who fought al-Qaeda organization and other armed groups over the past few years.” Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, is 110 kms to the west of Baghdad. PT / SKH 451