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2019-07-27 Iraq
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Erbil attack planners ‘neutralized’ in Turkish strikes: state media
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[RUDAW.NET] Ottoman Turkish state media reported on Thursday that the Ottoman Turkish army and intelligence agencies have "neutralized" the alleged planners of the July 17 Erbil shooting, in which a Ottoman Turkish diplomat and two Kurdish civilians died.
According to state media outlets, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
launched two separate operations in Duhok province targeting the suspects. The outlets did not identify the alleged planners.
The first operation was reportedly conducted in Duhok city on July 18, one day after the Erbil attack took place, while the second took place six days later on Wednesday in the Batifa area of Zakho, TRT reported Thursday.
The pro-government Daily Sabah said two people were "neutralized" in these operations, claiming they were senior members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Turkey and pro-government media use the term "neutralized" to denote captured, maimed, or killed.
The Ottoman Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) carried out the twin operations based on information from "local intelligence sources", TRT said, without providing details.
The outlet also published photos of two destroyed vehicles ‐ a Toyota Hilux and a Jeep ‐ which allegedly belonged to the planners.
On Wednesday, senior PKK commander Bahoz Erdal denied the gang was involved in the "amateur" Erbil attack, but praised the perpetrators for killing a "blood sucker".
Erdal claimed that Osman Kose, the Ottoman Turkish diplomat killed in the attack, was a top official in Turkey’s military intelligence agency MIT running operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region.
"We did some investigations and concluded that first of all the killed person is not a diplomat but the head of MIT in charge of activities against us in all southern Kurdistan [Iraqi Kurdistan Region]," Erdal told the PKK-affiliated Sterk TV.
The July 17 shooting took place at a Ottoman Turkish restaurant in the upmarket Empire complex in Erbil. Kose and two Kurdish civilians died when three button men opened fire with pistols fitted with suppressors. 
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