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One person killed and another one injured when a Turkish plane bombed a civilian vehicle in the Jumanki district of Dohuk
2023-08-07
[NINANEWS] Kurdish sources announced that a person was killed and another one was injured, as a Ottoman Turkish plane bombed a civilian vehicle in Jumanki district, in Dohuk governorate.
Rudaw adds:
A suspected Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
targeted a civilian car in Duhok’s Chamanke district on Sunday, killing one of the civilians onboard and wounding another.

The strike occurred at around 5:00pm, killing Alan Ismael, 24, and wounding Hashim Shakir, 49, according to Rudaw’s news hound on the ground.

The two men were visiting a family farmhouse near the area when the strike happened, according to Ibrahim Mohammed, Ismael’s uncle.

"We are constantly bombarded and no one asks why. The government does not even tell us that this is a restricted area and that we should not visit it. A lot of people go there for picnics, tending to their properties, or just visiting their home village," Mohammed told Rudaw’s Hunar Rashid.

Mohammed said that the constant bombardment has worried the residents of the area, and called on relevant authorities to find a solution for the issue.

Media affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) blamed The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
for the attack, and claimed that Shakir was at death's door.

Clashes between the Ottoman Turkish army and the PKK have intensified over the past few weeks in the northern mountains of the Kurdistan Region. Chamanke is located 15 kilometres from Mount Gara, known for frequent festivities between Turkey and the PKK.

The PKK is an gang struggling for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey and is designated a terrorist organization by Ankara. The Ottoman Turkish state has been at war with the gang for several decades. The conflict regularly spills over into the Kurdistan Region where the PKK has its headquarters in the Qandil Mountains.
Shafaq News spells them Shakfti village and Jamanki district, and reports one dead and two wounded.
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