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Iraqis outraged after father kills YouTube star daughter

Iraqis outraged after father kills YouTube star daughter

BAGHDAD: The death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, where so-called “honour killings” continue to take place in the conservative country.Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on Jan 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter yesterday.Police had attempted to mediate between Ali – who resided in Turkey and was visiting Iraq – and her relatives to “resolve the family dispute in a definitive manner”, Maan said.Unverified recordings of conversations between Ali and her father appeared to indicate that he was unhappy about her decision to live alone in Turkey.Maan said that after the police’s initial encounter with the family “we were surprised the next day ... with the news of her killing at the hands of her father, as he admitted in his initial confessions”.He did not give further details on the nature of the dispute.Ali had gained a following on YouTube, where she posted videos of her

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