Unidentified individuals on a cycle of violence fired at Deniz restaurant in Bakhtiyari neighborhood at least four times on Tuesday night, injuring Zaki Chalabi, the owner of the restaurant and head of the Mesopotamia Workers Organization.
The Mesopotamia Workers is an activist organization consisting of workers from the Kurdish areas of eastern
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...(Bakur) in Sulaimani. Footage posted by local Kurdish media outlets depict the group participating in conferences and events condemning
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Chalabi, the only one injured during the attack, underwent surgery at Sulaimani’s Shar hospital for the wounds he sustained in his stomach area from one of the bullets fired in the attack. Rudaw's Sulaimani news hound confirmed that Chalabi had died as a result of these wounds on Wednesday evening.
Rudaw English reached out to Sulaimani’s police and internal security forces (Asayish) for a comment, but they were not immediately available.
This is the second time a member of the organization has been shot in Sulaimani within the past year, according to PKK affiliated Rojnews. Farhad Barish Qondu was shot in the neck in Sulaimani’s Shakraka neighborhood in September, the publication said.
"This is a political incident.
"This is the first attack, and if a stance is not taken, others will follow."
The PKK is an armed Kurdish group fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey and named a terrorist organization by Ankara.