A horrific crime has rocked Iraq’s Basra province, where a father killed his entire family and then committed suicide.
“In an unfortunate criminal incident, a father killed his entire family of 12 with a rifle and then committed suicide in the area of the staff houses in the Shatt al-Arab district in Basra province,” said Brigadier General Miqdad Miri, spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry and the Security Media Cell.
“Preliminary information indicates that this incident was the result of financial matters,” Miri said.
Miri confirmed that the Basra Governorate Police Command has launched an investigation into the incident, in order to reach more details about the horrific crime that shook the country.
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