Kataib Hezbollah member’s family massacred in Baghdad

An assassination attempt on a member of the Popular Mobilization Units and the massacre of his wife and children have raised questions about security in the Iraqi capital amid continuing US-Iran geopolitical tension in the region.
Shiite Muslim men in the military fatigues of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's yellow flags as they march through Baghdad during a parade marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day on July 25, 2014.
Shiite Muslim men in the military fatigues of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's yellow flags as they march through Baghdad during a parade marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day on July 25, 2014. - ALI AL-SAADI/AFP via Getty Images
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BAGHDAD — An attempted assassination on Jan. 6 of a member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and the killing of several members of his family in the Iraqi capital has sparked speculation about a wider conflict as well as growing concerns related to the country’s security sector.

The statement issued by the PMU said that the man critically injured on Thursday was named Ahmed Abd al-Muttalib and that five members of his family had been killed in a “treacherous and cowardly incident.”

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