Kataib Hezbollah member’s family massacred in Baghdad
An assassination attempt on a member of the Popular Mobilization Units and the massacre of his wife and children have raised questions about security in the Iraqi capital amid continuing US-Iran geopolitical tension in the region.
BAGHDAD — An attempted assassination on Jan. 6 of a member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and the killing of several members of his family in the Iraqi capital has sparked speculation about a wider conflict as well as growing concerns related to the country’s security sector.
The statement issued by the PMU said that the man critically injured on Thursday was named Ahmed Abd al-Muttalib and that five members of his family had been killed in a “treacherous and cowardly incident.”
It said that the killings had occurred at his home in Maalif, an area of western Baghdad southeast of the Baghdad International Airport.
“The gunmen opened fire on family members who were inside the house, killing five of them and seriously wounding” Muttalib, who was hospitalized, the statement continued.
