Hassan Abbas Tufan

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Hassan Abbas Tufan († April 2015 at Lake Tharthar ) was an Iraqi officer with the rank of general and Commander in Chief of the First Division of the Iraqi Armed Forces until his death .

After taking a military base on Lake Tharthar, 70 km north of the city of Ramadi , he was murdered by fighters of the terrorist organization Islamic State .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IS is said to have executed 185 Iraqi soldiers , Die Zeit Online from April 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Terrorist militia IS occupies the dam , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Tufan, Hassan Abbas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi officer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH April 2015