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17 March 2017•Update: 17 March 2017
By Amer al-Hassani
BAGHDAD
A commander of Iraq’s Hashd al-Ashaeri -- a Sunni pro-government militia force -- was killed Friday by unidentified gunmen in northern Baghdad, according to an Iraqi military source.
“Sheikh Latif al-Jari was killed in an attack on his home in Baghdad’s majority-Sunni Al-Mashahida district,” Police Captain Nazhan al-Khader told Anadolu Agency.
According to al-Khader, al-Jari was killed -- and one of his sons seriously injured -- when three attackers wielding machine guns broke into his home and opened fire.
Iraqi security forces have since cordoned off the area and have begun searching for the attackers, al-Khader said.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the murder.
