Iraqi model Tara Fares shot dead

The interior ministry opened a probe into Thursday's murder of the 22-year-old who suffered "three fatal bullet wounds" as she drove through the capital's Camp Sarah district

Iraqi model and Instagram starlet Tara Fares with 2.7 million followers has been shot dead at the wheel of her Porsche convertible in central Baghdad.

The interior ministry opened a probe into Thursday's murder of the 22-year-old who suffered "three fatal bullet wounds" as she drove through the capital's Camp Sarah district. Ahmad al-Basheer, an Iraqi satirist who lives in exile in Jordan after having faced death threats, condemned the murder of Fares.

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