Iraqi social media star shot dead outside her own home
The Independent|April 28, 2024
A popular Iraqi social media star has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, officials said.
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Iraqi social media star shot dead outside her own home

The TikTok influencer Om Fahad, real name Ghufran Sawadi, was shot inside her car by “unknown assailants” on Friday, Iraq’s interior ministry said in a statement. It described Ms Sawadi as being “known on social networking sites”.

She was shot dead in Baghdad’s eastern Zayne neighbourhood by a gunman on a motorbike, according to footage of the attack shared by private Iraqi news outlet Al Sharqiya.

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