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The Kurdistan Region's counter-terrorism department revealed that two civilians were killed and two others were injured in a rocket attack launched by what it called the "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers Party, north of Duhok.
The department said in a statement that the Kurdistan Workers Party's "terrorists" launched two rockets targeting Aradna village, Amerli district.
Earlier today, a security source reported that several casualties were recorded in the aftermath of an unknown shelling on Thursday, north of Duhok.
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Birqi Omar, mukhtar (chieftain) of Zewa village in Amedi town, told Rudaw’s Hunar Rashid that people from nearby areas picnicked in the village but were targeted with bombs.
"As far as we know, the PKK on Metina mountain targeted
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...bombed our families, killing two people, aged 10, and injuring another," said the official.
A witness, whose hand was stained with the blood of one of the dead children, told Rudaw that they had left all their picnic goods in the incident area.
Kurdistan Region’s Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD) later said that two people were killed and two others injured in the incident, blaming the PKK.
Warshin Salman, mayor of Amedi, told Rudaw late Thursday that the children were killed by the PKK.
The PKK-affiliated Rojnews also reported the incident, claiming that the two children were killed by the
Neither Turkey nor the PKK have commented on the deadly attack.