The body of a young Ezidi has been found this morning in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. Another man is missing.
The 20 years old Mousa Mirad Khidir Kirani has been found dead this morning in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah. He is said to have been brutally murdered, as reported by eyewitnesses. The worker was supposedly hit with a rough object and then shot in the head with a silenced pistol. The crime occurred in a secured area of the city.
The Ezidi was employed as a security guard in the “Grand Millennium”, a hotel owned by the wife of the former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. His body was found in the staff office by the hotel´s security.
Kirani himself was not armed since the security staff is not authorized to carry arms. Prior to his murder, he had been apparently complaining about offensive remarks by his colleagues about his religious affiliation. The city of Suleymaniya is, however, considered to be liberal and open-minded.
Kirani was born in 1995 in the village of Siba Sheikh Khidir in Shingal and fled in August last year when the terrorist militia ISIS invaded the region. In Suleymaniyah, he made a living for his family.
Another Ezidi whose name has not been revealed for security reasons has been kidnapped by unknowns at the same place where the murder took place. Neither his whereabouts nor the reason for his abduction are currently known.
Local security forces have initiated an investigation.
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