Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead in Baghdad
By Kathryn Armstrong
Iraqi social media influencer Om Fahad has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, according to local media reports.
The attack happened in the capital’s eastern Zayne neighbourhood on Friday.
Iraq’s interior ministry confirmed in a statement that a “woman known on social networking sites” had been killed by “unknown assailants”.
It added that a “specialised work team” had been set up to investigate the circumstances of her death.
Fahad, whose real name is Ghufran Sawadi, was reportedly shot in her car by a lone person with a gun riding a motorbike.
An Iraqi security source told the AFP news agency that the attacker appeared to have been pretending to be making a food delivery.
The US-owned Al Hurra news agency, meanwhile, reported that another woman was injured in the attack.
Fahad became well-known on TikTok for sharing videos of herself dancing to pop music in form-hugging clothes – earning her tens of thousands of followers.
