Officials say unidentified man killed influencer who had previously been imprisoned over dancing videos
A man on a motorbike has shot dead a social media influencer known as Om Fahad outside her Baghdad home, Iraqi security officials have said.
The unidentified attacker shot Om Fahad in her car in the Zayouna district on Friday, a security official said, requesting anonymity because he was not cleared to speak to the media.
Another security source said the attacker appeared to have pretended to be making a food delivery.
Om Fahad became known for lighthearted TikTok videos of herself dancing to Iraqi music wearing tight-fitting clothes.
In February last year, a court sentenced her to six months in prison for sharing “videos containing indecent speech that undermines modesty and public morality”.
I prefer having limits to what is considered appropriate clothing, over getting disappeared, tortured and murdered by interior police.
Also in regards to clothing, it is always interesting to take a look back at how people in the west dressed at the time and what was deemed acceptable. My father was shunned for being a “beatle” and “rowdy” for having long hair in the 70s in Germany. People at the time would get a heart attack with how people can dress nowadays.