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Iraqi father receives news of son’s killing during country’s deadly clashes

A video of an Iraqi father receiving the news of his son’s killing during the country’s recent deadly clashes has been widely shared online.

At least 28 were killed in Baghdad after fighting erupted between supporters and rivals of influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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