Baa Platform (Badr Organization — official social media) reported on 3 September that PMF Brigade 16 fighter Ali Bahjat Hamid was killed at 2 a.m. in an armed “terrorist attack” on a Brigade 16 position at Tun Kopru in Kirkuk and that several other fighters were wounded. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) subsequently carried his funeral, while Shafaq News separately reported an Iraqi-force operation after a deadly PMF checkpoint attack without explicitly identifying it as the same incident.
- Shafaq News03 Sept, 16:36
“Iraqi forces launch an operation after a deadly PMF checkpoint attack.”
Shafaq News..Iraqi forces launch operation after deadly PMF checkpoint attack
- Baa PlatformBadr Organization — official social media03 Sept, 17:30
“Fighter Ali Bahjat Hamid, a member of PMF Brigade 16, was killed in an armed terrorist attack on a brigade position at 2 a.m. The attack wounded several fighters.”
ارتقى المجاهد علي بهجت حامد، أحد مقاتلي اللواء 16 في هيئة الحشد الشعبي، شهيداً إثر هجومٍ إرهابي مسلح استهدف نقطةً تابعةً للواء... عند الساعة الثانية فجراً. وأسفر الهجوم عن إصابة عددٍ من المجاهدين
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated03 Sept, 17:34
“Residents of Kirkuk hold the funeral of Ali Bahjat Hamid, a martyr of PMF Brigade 16.”
أهالي كركوك يشيّعون جثمان شهيد اللواء 16 بالحشد الشعبي علي بهجت حامد
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official03 Sept, 17:38
“Residents of Kirkuk hold the funeral of Ali Bahjat Hamid, a martyr of PMF Brigade 16.”