Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer

KIFI— By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi who is also known as Um Fahad was popular on the social media sites

NBC News—Iraqi authorities investigating killing of social media influencer Um Fahad. BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot in front of her home in central Baghdad. Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, known as “Um Fahad,” was popular on the social media sites TikTok and Instagram, where she posted videos of herself dancing to music and was followed by tens of thousands of users. The killing took place in Zayoona, the same neighborhood where a prominent Iraqi researcher and security expert Hisham al-Hashimi...

Time—Iraqi Authorities Investigate Killing of TikTok Star Shot Dead Outside Her Baghdad Home. Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist.

The Foreign Desk—Iraqi Social Media Star Shot in Baghdad. Popular Iraqi social media influencer Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi was shot to death outside of her Baghdad home on Friday evening. Security camera footage of the crime scene showed the assailant, who arrived on a motorcycle, discharge a handgun four times while the victim was sitting in her car. Iraq’s interior ministry has stated that they