{"id":77038,"date":"2026-04-21T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/77038\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:27:09","slug":"iraq-security-sweep-shooting-arrests-and-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/77038\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq security sweep: Shooting, arrests, and investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-04-21T21:09:49+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News<\/p>\n<p>Below is a summary of key<br \/>\nsecurity and crime-related incidents reported across Iraq on April 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nActivist Wounded in Shooting, Police Launch Probe (Babil)<\/p>\n<p>Unidentified gunmen on a<br \/>\nmotorcycle <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Security\/Civil-activist-Dhargham-Majid-survives-assassination-attempt-in-Babil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opened fire<\/a> on civil activist Dhargham Majid in Al-Hamza Al-Gharbi<br \/>\ndistrict, wounding him in the leg before fleeing. He received initial treatment<br \/>\nlocally and was later transferred to a hospital in Al-Hilla, with his condition<br \/>\nreported as stable.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Security\/Babil-police-open-investigation-into-shooting-of-activist-Dhargham-Majid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">initiated<\/a> an<br \/>\nurgent investigation, deploying security forces, collecting forensic evidence,<br \/>\nand reviewing surveillance footage. Majid stated that two attackers entered a<br \/>\nshop and shot him directly before escaping, as efforts continue to identify and<br \/>\narrest the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nAnti-Drug Campaign Using Saliva Tests Begins (Nineveh)<\/p>\n<p>A source told Shafaq News that<br \/>\nanti-narcotics police launched a 10-day campaign in Mosul, using newly<br \/>\nintroduced saliva testing kits to screen suspects in public areas and along<br \/>\ntransport routes, aiming to curb drug use through enforcement and awareness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nElderly Man Found Dead in Suspected Suicide (Diyala)<\/p>\n<p>A man in his seventies was<br \/>\nfound dead from a gunshot wound inside his home in the Khdeidan area. Initial<br \/>\nforensic assessment indicates suicide, while his sons have been detained for<br \/>\nquestioning pending further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nSuspect Arrested in Online Fraud Case (Baghdad)<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a man accused<br \/>\nof defrauding victims through online marketplace schemes in Al-Saydiya. The<br \/>\nsuspect allegedly lured buyers, stole cash, and attempted repeat offenses<br \/>\nbefore being apprehended in a planned ambush.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nArrest Warrants Issued over \u201cImmoral Content\u201d (Baghdad)<\/p>\n<p>Judicial authorities issued<br \/>\narrest warrants for two individuals accused of publishing content deemed<br \/>\ninappropriate under public decency laws, following a complaint filed by a<br \/>\nspecialized Interior Ministry committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-04-21T21:09:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[28085,16267,152,94,28084,9922],"class_list":{"0":"post-77038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-and-investigations","9":"tag-arrests","10":"tag-breaking","11":"tag-iraq","12":"tag-iraq-security-sweep-shooting","13":"tag-shooting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116444820012423449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}