On 15 October 2025, a member of the Baghdad Governorate Council who is a candidate in the parliamentary elections, Safaa Al-Mashhadani, was killed and four others injured when a sticky bomb placed in his car exploded in the Al-Dhubat neighbourhood of the city of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad. His killing sparked outrage among citizens across the country, raising fears of a return to a series of political assassinations. The Baghdad Operations Command announced the formation of a joint technical criminal task force, under the direction of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, to investigate the circumstances of the incident.