An American citizen who was fatally shot in central Baghdad was identified as 45-year-old Stephen Edward Troell, the U.S. Embassy based in the capital said Tuesday.
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A State Department official said Troell was a private citizen with no connection to the government. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to go on the record. “This was a cowardly crime against an American citizen and resident of our country who is known amongst the community,” al-Sudani said at a press conference Tuesday.
Troell worked for Global English Institute, a language school in Baghdad’s Harthiya neighborhood, which operated under the auspices of Texas-based non-governmental organization Millennium Relief and Development Services. On its website, Millennium expressed sorrow over the “tragedy” of Troell’s killing and said he had been managing promotions and advertising at the language school while his wife was the manager.
Troell and his family lived in a small two-story house with a small yard in a neighborhood where many companies, local and foreign, rent out buildings. A security guard nearby said Troell would greet him in Arabic every morning on his way to work.
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