Prominent Iraqi activist Fahem al Tai shot and killed by two men on motorcycle while returning from protests in Karbala
In this file photo, Iraqi demonstrators take cover from security forces behind trash cans amidst clashes in the ongoing anti-government protests, near the local government headquarters in the central city of Karbala on November 28, 2019.
On Sunday night, he was dropped off by two friends on a motorcycle near his home, according to a neighbour. The passenger could be seen shooting Tai at least twice with a pistol that appeared to have a silencer on it, before the driver also begins shooting.The gunmen and a white vehicle then chased down the two activists who had dropped Tai off, according to a relative.More than 450 people have died and another 20,000 have been wounded since anti-regime rallies erupted in Iraq's capital and Shiite-majority south in October.
In one particularly gruesome case last week, the bruised body of 19-year-old Zahra Ali was left outside her family home in Baghdad, hours after she had gone missing.
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