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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Iraq’s government has knowledge on those behind the assasination of outspoken jihadism expert Husham al-Hashimi, says a spokesperson.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s spokesperson Ahmed Mullah Talal announced in a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon that they have "obtained information about the murderers of Hisham Al-Hashimi."
Talal added they were not allowed to delve into details "in order to preserve the conducting and confidentiality of the investigations."
Hashimi, 47, an Iraqi security analyst, jihadist expert, and Rudaw columnist was gunned down outside his home in east Baghdad's Zayuna neighborhood in early July by masked assailants on a motorcycle.
Shortly after the incident Kadhimi vowed that the government would " hunt down the perpetrators to bring them to face justice."
"We will not stop chasing the criminals, and we will use all of our efforts to return the control of weapons to the state…no power is above the power of the rule of law,” Kadhimi's media office said at the time of the assassination.
READ: Hashimi assassination a ‘warning’ to Iraq’s elite and outspoken alike
Born in Baghdad in 1973, Hashimi was a leading security expert, member of the Iraq Advisory Council and former advisor to the US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS). He also served as a nonresident fellow with the Center for Global Policy (CGP).
His assassination reverberated from inside and outside of Iraq as his murder received strongly worded condemnations.
No group has claimed responsibility for Hashimi’s assassination.
Hashimi wrote regularly about terrorism and armed militias in Iraq, and authored a detailed series of publications on the ongoing threat of ISIS for CGP.
He also focused on the role of Shiite militias in Iraq, and was a strong supporter of the protest movement that swept across the country in October 2019.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s spokesperson Ahmed Mullah Talal announced in a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon that they have "obtained information about the murderers of Hisham Al-Hashimi."
Talal added they were not allowed to delve into details "in order to preserve the conducting and confidentiality of the investigations."
Hashimi, 47, an Iraqi security analyst, jihadist expert, and Rudaw columnist was gunned down outside his home in east Baghdad's Zayuna neighborhood in early July by masked assailants on a motorcycle.
Shortly after the incident Kadhimi vowed that the government would " hunt down the perpetrators to bring them to face justice."
"We will not stop chasing the criminals, and we will use all of our efforts to return the control of weapons to the state…no power is above the power of the rule of law,” Kadhimi's media office said at the time of the assassination.
READ: Hashimi assassination a ‘warning’ to Iraq’s elite and outspoken alike
Born in Baghdad in 1973, Hashimi was a leading security expert, member of the Iraq Advisory Council and former advisor to the US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS). He also served as a nonresident fellow with the Center for Global Policy (CGP).
His assassination reverberated from inside and outside of Iraq as his murder received strongly worded condemnations.
No group has claimed responsibility for Hashimi’s assassination.
Hashimi wrote regularly about terrorism and armed militias in Iraq, and authored a detailed series of publications on the ongoing threat of ISIS for CGP.
He also focused on the role of Shiite militias in Iraq, and was a strong supporter of the protest movement that swept across the country in October 2019.
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