A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Iraq, after being targeted by youths suspecting he was gay - who then filmed his dying breaths while shouting homophobic slurs at him.

The shocking homophobic attack on Hamoudi al-Mutairi, 14, took place near the teenager's home in Yarmouk, Baghdad.

Hamoudi was set upon by an unknown number of assailants, who stabbed him repeatedly in the stomach.

Murdered: Hamoudi al-Mutairi, 14, was stabbed multiple times by an unknown number of assailants near his home in Baghdad, Iraq, after which his attacker filmed his final moments

The video footage, which has been shared on social media, shows Hamoudi lying on the ground and bleeding profusely.

A voice off camera asks him a series of questions, including 'who is your boyfriend?', Kurdistan24 reports.

In obvious pain, the dying teenager asks where the blood is coming from and what is coming out of his stomach.

The person behind the camera reportedly replies: 'It's your guts'.

In the footage he can be seen wearing the same yellow t-shirt he had donned in a photo where he posed next to a woman believed to be his mother.

Evil: The video, left, in which he wears the same t-shirt as in a photo posed up with a women believed to be his mother, right, sees him bleed out on the street while the killers reportedly shout homophobic slurs at him

Homophobic: All evidence points to the boy being attacked because the killer or killers thought he was gay

Before the camera cuts out, he can be heard begging to be taken to hospital, adding 'I want my mum'.

Horrific: In the footage, the teen can be heard begging for his mother

The government has yet to comment on the brutal murder and vile video being shared online.

Several exile Iraqis have taken to Twitter to express their outrage over what the perceive as an attack on a young boy because he defied the conservative gender norms of the country.

The murder of Hamoudi al-Mutairi, also named by some news outlets as Mohammed al-Motteri, follows the deaths of four high-profile progressive Iraqis working in social media and the beauty industry in less than a month.

At the start of August, the managers of Baghdad's two most high profile aesthetic and plastic surgery centres died in mysterious circumstances.

The first was Rafif al-Yasiri, a plastic surgeon who had become known as the Barbie of Iraq'.

She ran successful plastic surgery clinic in Baghdad and become known to the wider public as a TV doctor. The 32-year-old was also an activist and charity ambassador.

The deaths of Instagram model Tara Fares, pictured, and three other successful women have sparked fear among those who dare to break the mould in the conservative country

First death: TV doctor and plastic surgeon Dr Rafif Al-Yasiri died in August under mysterious circumstances

Second death: Beauty expert Rasha al-Hassan was also found dead in her home

A week later, Rasha al-Hassan, founder of the Viola Beauty Centre, was also found dead.

Both were found at their homes, and despite ongoing investigations, the causes of their deaths remain undetermined.

The following week, activist and businesswoman Soad al-Ali was shot several times while travelling in a car in the southern city of Basra.

Two days later, 22-year-old Instagram model Tara Fares, who had 2.7million followers, was shot dead in her car in Baghdad.

Progressive Iraqis say they fear for their safety following the deaths of the four women, saying progressive Iraqis are being 'targeted'.