Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of an election candidate

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the May 12 election in Iraq on May XNUMX for the first time since its inception.

In a statement on the Telegram website, the IK claimed responsibility for the assassination of Farouk Zarzour al-Zumbouri, a Sunni candidate with the party of Iraqi Vice President Iliad Alawi, in the Mosul area.

Zubouri was shot dead at his home in the Mosul area, once a stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a local official said.

"Unidentified gunmen killed this National Alliance candidate in the early hours of today," said Salah al-Zubouri, a local official in the town of Kayara, about 70 kilometers (XNUMX miles) south of Mosul. "They shot him dead after invading his house."

 

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