PKK Members Injured in Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Iraq
Two members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were seriously injured on Tuesday after a bomb attached to their car exploded in the city of Sulaimaniya in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement.
The counter-terrorism service said the wounded men, who were a driver and a passenger, were PKK members. Iraq said on Monday it had arrested three people linked to the PKK and suspected of planning attacks across the country, including on an oil-export pipeline in the north.
The PKK, which has bases around northern Iraq, is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and European Union. The group launched an insurgency in southeast Turkey in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. Turkish forces regularly carry out strikes in neighbouring Iraq as part of an offensive against PKK militants there.
Iraq has stepped up pressure on the PKK since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited Baghdad in April.
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PKK Members Injured in Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Iraq
Two members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were seriously injured on Tuesday after a bomb attached to their car exploded in the city of Sulaimaniya in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement.
The counter-terrorism service said the wounded men, who were a driver and a passenger, were PKK members. Iraq said on Monday it had arrested three people linked to the PKK and suspected of planning attacks across the country, including on an oil-export pipeline in the north.
The PKK, which has bases around northern Iraq, is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and European Union. The group launched an insurgency in southeast Turkey in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. Turkish forces regularly carry out strikes in neighbouring Iraq as part of an offensive against PKK militants there.
Iraq has stepped up pressure on the PKK since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited Baghdad in April.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
In Sulaimaniya, a city in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, two members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were seriously injured on Tuesday when a bomb attached to their car exploded, according to Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service. The injured individuals were identified as a driver and a passenger, both affiliated with the PKK. This incident follows Iraq’s announcement on Monday of the arrest of three people linked to the PKK, suspected of plotting attacks nationwide, including on a northern oil-export pipeline. The PKK, considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU, has waged an insurgency in southeast Turkey since 1984, resulting in over 40,000 deaths. Turkish forces frequently conduct operations in Iraq targeting PKK militants, and Iraq has intensified efforts against the PKK following Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Baghdad in April.