Photos: Iraqi model & Social Media Influencer, Tara Fares, 22, shot dead in her Porsche in Baghdad

An Iraqi model and social media influencer has been shot dead by unknown attackers in Baghdad.

Tara Fares, a prominent former beauty queen with nearly 3 million followers on Instagram, was killed after gunmen opened fire on her on Thursday in the city’s Kam Sara neighbourhood. The Interior Ministry announced it had opened an investigation into the model’s death, according to Kurdistan 24. Ms Fares’ body was taken to Baghdad’s Sheikh Zaid hospital at 5.45am local time.
Doctors told local media she had died after suffering three bullet wounds. The 22-year-old lived in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, but regularly visited Baghdad.
Fans began posting across social media after her death was confirmed, with many celebrating her outspokenness in a country that can still have conservative attitudes towards women.
“Tara’s death screams discrimination, lack of freedom and rights,” wrote one fan. “Sympathy is not enough.” It is unclear who killed Ms Fares. Her death comes just days after the death of Suad al-ali, an Iraqi human rights activist who was shot and killed in her car in the southern city of Basra.
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Alleged video of the moment two persons, riding a motorcycle, murder the Iraqi model, fashion icon, Tara Fares in Baghdad. https://t.co/DaxON0uw0B#Iraq pic.twitter.com/CuuY7tCgsB

— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) September 28, 2018

RIP #TaraFares. She WAS a fashion blogger from Iraq. She had 2.7 million followers on Instagram. She used to post photos like these 👇🏽
Looks pretty normal for you, right? NO! The difference was, she was from Iraq. Tara was shot dead in an ambush by terrorists today in Baghdad. pic.twitter.com/w7u7FaWLgE

— Soumyadipta (@Soumyadipta) September 29, 2018

Iraqi fashionista and social media starlet Tara Fares gunned down yesterday. Shot six times in her car in Baghdad.https://t.co/X0kTL3NoA0 #Iraq
Seems the latest case of a young Iraqi being murdered just for looking the way she looks pic.twitter.com/WIvPMg26oQ

— Jean-Marc Mojon (@mojobeirut) September 28, 2018

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انا لله وانا اليه راجعون في حادث غدر وجبان من هذا اليوم انتقلت الى رحمة الله تعالى ( تارة فارس شمعون ) نسأل الله ان يغفر لها وان يتغمدها برحمته الواسعة

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