BAGHDAD — Two young Iraqi men were found dead in the Sadr district of Baghdad, said to be victims of “Emo killing” in the country’s capital city.

Ammar Douraji, officer at the Intelligence Department of Baghdad Operations, told BasNews that the two victims were shot dead and their bodies were left in eastern Baghdad.

Killing of Iraqi teenagers whom are being referred to as “emos”, a term originally used in the West to describe youths who listen to a melodic style of rock music, and dress in alternative clothing, has been a new human rights challenge in the country as extremists alternatively describe them as Satanists, vampires, gays, masons, or all of the above.

Douraji said they have gathered ground intelligence suggesting that a group of militia men, connected to a Shi’ite cleric, have recently started targeting emos.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry says only five teenagers have been killed for the reason during the past few years, while unofficial figures indicate around 90 people.