Suspect in Erbil Christian neighborhood slaying turns himself in: Police

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Erbil Governorate Police Directorate (EGPD) this week arrested a man for murdering his neighbor over a minor accident involving the breaking of a car window.

“The incident took place on Tuesday at 10:00 PM in the Ainkawa neighborhood of Erbil,” EGPD spokesperson, Hogir Aziz, told Kurdistan 24.

He revealed the suspect is 27 years old and “killed his neighbor, Nabi Ahmed, 28, with an automatic Russian AK rifle after an altercation between the two erupted over a broken car window.”

Aziz stated that the suspect immediately turned himself in to the Internal Security Forces (Asaiysh) in Ainkawa and is currently under arrest awaiting trial.

“Investigations into the exact motive behind the murder are ongoing,” and the police officer assured that they are considering the possibility of there having been “previous disagreements.”

Mid-June, the EGPD also arrested a suspect in the murder of a Peshmerga fighter just outside the Kurdistan Region’s capital.

The Peshmerga was a Lieutenant Colonel and was on his way home with his son when a man, with whom he had previously argued with, shot him in a brazen public attack.

Editing by Nadia Riva