This is the first death of a police officer to sectarian violence in over a decade, and comes after a nine month period in which intelligence indicated that dissidents were aiming to kill a policeman.
宗派抗争の暴力のために警官が死亡したのは、十年間でこれが初めてで、諜報部員が、反体制派は警官を殺害するつもりだと指摘した9か月後に起こった。