Unidentified gunmen kill Basra oil employee in Al-Hartha district

BASRA – A Basra Oil Company employee was shot and killed Thursday morning by unidentified gunmen while waiting for his work shuttle in the Majidiya area of Al-Hartha district, north of Basra.

The attackers fled the scene, and forensic police have launched an investigation, according to security officials.

A local security source told 964media that “unidentified gunmen in a white vehicle without license plates opened fire on Saadoun Hassan Abdul-Zahra, a 37-year-old employee of Basra Oil Company, while he was waiting for his shuttle. He was killed instantly.”

The motive behind the attack remains unclear.