BAGHDAD — An attempted assassination on Jan. 6 of a member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and the killing of several members of his family in the Iraqi capital has sparked speculation about a wider conflict as well as growing concerns related to the country’s security sector.
The statement issued by the PMU said that the man critically injured on Thursday was named Ahmed Abd al-Muttalib and that five members of his family had been killed in a “treacherous and cowardly incident.”