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In a private house in the Iraqi province of Babil, law enforcement officers found 20 people belonging to the same family killed. The Iraqi Armed Forces Operations Command reported that people were killed while trying to arrest a man who opened fire on the military. He wounded two of them.
The security forces had a court decision on arrest on charges of terrorism. However, the man refused to surrender, and the military was met with indiscriminate fire. When the special forces finally broke into the house, the soldiers found that the hunted had killed 20 of his relatives, including women and children. After that, he committed suicide.
The sister of the man who resisted claims that he was only defending himself. She told Rudaw TV channel that the military ended up near the house because of “some family problems.” According to her, representatives of the security forces shot her brother and dealt with relatives.
The governor of the province ordered the creation of a commission to investigate the mass murder.
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