At least eight people have died and more than 20 have been injured due to a bombing executed this Wednesday for alleged turkey planes against a locality in the vicinity of For herlocated in the semi-autonomous region Iraqi Kurdistanas reported by the local authorities, who have warned that the balance of victims could increase.
The head of the Zajo Tourism Directorate, Chiya Amin, has indicated that among the deceased there are children and added that the victims were part of a group of about 200 tourists arrived from the capital, Bagdadas reported by the Kurdish television channel Rudaw.
The mayor of Zakho, Muhsin Bashir, has accused Turkey to carry out several attacks on the village of Paraj and has stated that suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were in the vicinity, which could have triggered the bombardment.
Turkey, whose president is Recep Tayyip Erdoganannounced in mid-April the beginning of a new offensive against the PKK in Iraqi Kurdistanin the north of Irakwhich was described by Bagdad as a “national security threat” since the operations were not being coordinated.
The Turkish Army also performs recurring military operations against the PKK and his allies in the north of Syria since the ceasefire between the Government and the armed group was broken in July 2015.
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