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Iraqi activist’s son killed

By AFP
July 26, 2021

Baghdad: The son of a prominent Iraqi rights activist was found shot dead in the country’s south after he went missing a day earlier, a medical source and activists said on Sunday. The body of 26-year-old Ali Karim, who was "kidnapped" by unidentified assailants on Friday, was found 24 hours later west of the city of Basra, according to relatives speaking to Iraqi media before his funeral.