Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, a 63-year-old veteran fighter known as the "Sniper Sheikh" on the battlefield, was allegedly killed on September 29 while participating in the battle between Iraqi militia groups and the Islamic State (IS), according to the Central News Agency. Since 1973, Abtasin has been involved in a number of military clashes, large and small, and is said to have shot and killed at least 320 IS militants.
Iraqis hold up photos of veteran fighter Abutasin at his funeral.
Ahmad al-Assadi, a spokesman for hashed al-Shaabi, a militia group that hashed al-Shaabi and mostly Shiites, in cooperation with Iraqi government forces to encircle the remnants of IS, said Abutasin was killed as the procession advanced toward the town of Hashed al-Haga.
Friends said at Abtasin's funeral that most of his friends called him "Sniper Sheikh" or "Hawkeye."
In one film, Abtasin outlines his experience as a sniper who has been involved in military combat since 1973. Abtasin also participated in the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, as well as in the Iraq War in 2003, before focusing on the extremist group IS.
He said in the film: "Today, I shot 2 of them (IS militants)." In the 2015 anti-IS campaign, "I killed 173 of them, and now it has accumulated to 320."
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