Iraqi model, fashion icon killed in Baghdad
On Thursday, Iraqi media reported that unknown assailants killed Tara Fares, a well-known model and social media fashion icon, in Baghdad’s Kam Sara neighborhood.
The Director of Media at Baghdad’s Rusafa Health Center told Iraqi media outlets that Fares’ body arrived at Sheikh Zaid hospital at 5:45 p.m. (local time). The model suffered three bullet wounds.
In a statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said investigations into the killing of the model had begun.
The 22-year-old, who was voted as Baghdad’s beauty queen in 2015, was living in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil but had been moving back and forth to Baghdad.
Fares has millions of followers on social media outlets, including over two million on Instagram.
