Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Baghdad

Hundreds of west Iraq’s Falluja city mourn civilian, killed by Army force.

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Hundreds of citizens of west Iraq ’s Falluja city went to the streets on Wednesday to mourn an employee, killed by Army fire for unknown reasons.   “My Nephew, Ahmed Hatam al-Jumeily, born in 1979 and father of 2, was killed on Tuesday night by Army fire, while standing in al-Jumhuriya Street in Falluja,” Sheikh Khamis al-Jumeily told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the victim had been working as manager of a filling station in Falluja and was killed for unknown reasons, demanding the handing over of his killers to justice and to open an investigation in the incident.   “The mourning of my nephew has changed into a peaceful demonstration, shared by hundreds of our Jumeily Tribe, clergymen and a large number of Falluja citizens, demanding the handing over of the security dossier to the local police, sending the Army out of Anbar cities and necessity that their duty concentrates on protection of borders, instead of killing innocent people,” he added.   Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province , is 160 km to the west of Baghdad .   SKH (TI)

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