Baghdad crackdown on illegal housing turns deadly as shooting kills Iraqi brigadier general
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi military personnel and municipal workers came under fire in Baghdad on Thursday as they tried to remove illegal housing…
In Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi military personnel and municipal workers were targeted by gunfire while attempting to dismantle illegal housing structures, resulting in the death of a senior officer and injuries to five others, according to an Iraqi security official and state media. The official, who wished to remain anonymous due to regulations, specified that the shooting claimed the life of an army brigadier general and wounded a police officer and four municipal workers in Baghdad's southern Dora district.
Police and armed forces cordoned off the area, and the Baghdad Operations Commander arrived to oversee the unfolding situation. The state-run news agency reported the same incident, with the addition that the Baghdad municipality had received legal orders to remove the illegal structures. Dora, a southern neighborhood comprising extensive agricultural zones, encounters frequent occurrences of unauthorized construction.
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