Iraqi paramilitary forces hold funeral for drone attack victims in Baghdad

STORY: Iraqi paramilitary forces hold funeral for drone attack victims in Baghdad SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a funeral STORYLINE: A funeral was held on Thursday evening in Baghdad for the victims of a drone attack that took place earlier that day. Hundreds of members of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces and citizens participated in the funeral, including members of the Iraqi Parliament, leaders of the Hashd Shaabi forces, clerics, and tribal sheikhs. Three members of Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and five wounded on Thursday in a drone attack in eastern Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry source. The attack occurred at midday when an unknown drone bombarded the headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi's 12th brigade in Palestine Street in the eastern part of Baghdad, killing the brigade leader Talib al-Saiedi, one of his aides and a fighter, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Xi

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE ATTACK-PARAMILITARY MEMBERS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BAGHDAD, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People carry a coffin during the funeral of three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces killed in a drone attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 4, 2024. Three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and five wounded on Thursday in a drone attack in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at midday when an unknown drone bombarded the headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi's 12th brigade in Palestine Street in the eastern part of Baghdad, killing the brigade leader Talib al-Saiedi, one of his aides and a fighter, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE ATTACK-PARAMILITARY MEMBERS-FUNERAL

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE ATTACK-PARAMILITARY MEMBERS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BAGHDAD, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People hold pictures during the funeral of three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces killed in a drone attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 4, 2024. Three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and five wounded on Thursday in a drone attack in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at midday when an unknown drone bombarded the headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi's 12th brigade in Palestine Street in the eastern part of Baghdad, killing the brigade leader Talib al-Saiedi, one of his aides and a fighter, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE ATTACK-PARAMILITARY MEMBERS-FUNERAL

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE ATTACK-PARAMILITARY MEMBERS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BAGHDAD, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People mourn during the funeral of three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces killed in a drone attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 4, 2024. Three members of Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and five wounded on Thursday in a drone attack in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at midday when an unknown drone bombarded the headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi's 12th brigade in Palestine Street in the eastern part of Baghdad, killing the brigade leader Talib al-Saiedi, one of his aides and a fighter, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)