It also claimed he was an ally of Jabulani Sibanda, who leads the youth militia alleged to be behind much of recent violence.
Like much of the recent violence in Nineveh, the attacks there appeared to have been aimed at security forces.
Much of the recent violence took place in Malakal, in the north-east of the country, where MSF has established a safe haven for about 30,000 civilians.
Doing so could infuriate radical factions within the broad-based protest movement, such as the group called Right Sector, which has driven much of the recent violence.
While much of the recent violence has been concentrated in Sunni strongholds, there has been concern about Shiite militias regaining traction.
While coalition and Afghan officials say the insurgency has brought much of the recent violence, as the central provinces have become arteries to transport fighters and weapons, it is not just the Taliban who are behind the attacks.
As with much of the recent violence in Xinjiang, the Chinese state media did not cover the raid on Aug. 23 in Jigdejay, and many of the details remained murky.
Uighur exiles and scholars of Xinjiang say the Chinese government is intent on painting much of the recent violence as part of a surge in terrorism so that it can carry out a crackdown across Xinjiang.
The gangs believed responsible for much of the recent violence, including the attacks on Tuesday, are separate from the politically motivated militant groups but arose from the same miasma of corrupt misrule that has characterized the region for decades.
Much of the recent violence has been aimed at Shiites making their way to the holy city of Karbala for Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in A.D. 680.
