Unknown gunmen assassinate senior Iraq intelligence officer
08 June 2021; MEMO: Unknown gunmen yesterday assassinated a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in the Al-Baladiyat area, east of the capital Baghdad.
An Iraqi security source said the unidentified gunmen shot Colonel Nebras Farman, a Shia Kurd who was head of the Financial Audit and Budget Department of the intelligence service.
According to the source, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who also heads the intelligence service, has ordered an investigation into the attack.