Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead outside her home in Baghdad: All you need to know
AP that the assailant shot the victim and then took her phone and fled the scene. Om Fahad, whose real name is Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, was a popular TikTok star.
With nearly half a million followers, Sawadi shared videos of herself dancing to pop music. Last year in February 2023, she was sentenced to six months in prison by a court as her videos contained "indecent speech that undermined modesty and public morality".
The Iraqi government also launched a campaign last year to clean up social media content that it said breached Iraqi "morals and traditions". Notably, Sawadi wasn't the first prominent social media figure to be gunned down in central Baghdad.
Last year, Noor Alsaffar, also known as "Noor BM," a transgender individual with a significant social media following, was also tragically shot and killed in the city. (With inputs from ANI, AP, AFP)Milestone Alert!
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