Iraqi citizen killed in shooting incident north of Baghdad
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Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) An Iraqi citizen was killed in a shooting incident north of Baghdad, a security source told Alghad Press.
“Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a citizen near his house at the Taji Beach area north of the Iraqi capital , killing him immediately,” the source said on Sunday.
“The body was moved to the forensic medicine department, and a probe was launched into the incident,” the source added.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
A total of 117 Iraqi civilians were killed and another 264 injured, excluding police, in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in November, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate, with 201 civilian casualties (51 killed, 150 injured). Salahaddin Governorate followed, with 24 killed and 60 injured, and Kirkuk had 12 killed and 28 injured.
Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary troops, have been fighting since October 2016 to retake territories Islamic State had occupied. Since then, forces took back the group’s former capital, Mosul, the town of Tal Afar, Kirkuk’s Hawija, and Anbar’s Annah, Rawa and Qaim.