Footage has emerged of the moment Iraqi model and Instagram star Tara Fares was shot dead at the wheel of her Porsche convertible. Her death in central Baghdad has sent ripples through social media circles in Iraq. The interior ministry opened a probe into last month’s murder of the 22-year-old who suffered ‘three fatal bullet wounds’ as she drove through the capital’s Camp Sarah district.
The footage shows her car driving down a street in the Camp Sarah neighbourhood after she was shot through the window of her car by a man on a motorbike.
The interior ministry has released a statement saying that she was killed by a known ‘criminal extremist group’ Fares, a fashionista with 2.7 million followers on Instagram for her pictures sporting tattoos, different hair colours and adventurous clothes, was a victim of her fame and targeted because of her lifestyle, Twitter users said. ‘I am beyond disappointed and hurt after hearing about another tragic loss in Iraq. Tara Fares, a model and social media influencer was gunned down in broad daylight in #Baghdad,’ one said.
‘A young Iraq model was simply enjoying & loving life like other pretty girls. Unfortunately she got shooted & killed by few militants. I am truly heart broken & saddened by such a tragic news,’ another wrote. ‘This Thursday it was Tara… Next Thursday, who will it be?’ a third tweeted.