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| Iraq |
| Death toll for Koya bombing rise to 7, KRG calls it act of terror |
| 2016-12-22 |
| [RUDAW.NET] The corpse count for the twin bombings that targeted the headquarters of a Kurdish armed party of Iranian Kurdistan has risen to seven on Wednesday, following the death of one of the maimed from the Kurdish security forces. The Kurdistan Regional Government described the attacks an act of terror. "We reiterate that we will exhaust all the efforts to bring those responsible for this terrorist act to justice," the KRG said in a statement on Wednesday. "We will declare to those behind this terrorist crime that every effort or plot against our nation will certainly fail." The Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK), known locally as HADK has accused Tehran of criminal masterminding the Tuesday deadly attacks in Koya, 70 kilometers east of Erbil, on Tuesday evening killing five of its Peshmerga fighters, two members of the Kurdish security forces, and wounding three others. In a statement issued hours after the deadly blasts rocked the PDK politburo offices in the outskirt of the Kurdish town of Koya, the party condemned the bombing, describing it as an act of terror. A senior party official told Rudaw they had "little doubt" about Iran's involvement in the assault. Ismail Sharafi said investigations had started but according to him at this stage much of their own clues led to the neighboring Islamic Theocratic Republic. "We cannot at this moment identify the perpetrators of these bloody attacks, but such actions that are carried out against the PDK leave little doubt about the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran's involvement as a terrorist regime in the region," Sharafi told Rudaw. Among the dead was Ali Qoitasi, a veteran commander in the group. Sharafi also added that Tehran could have funded the attack instead of being directly involved in the terror action. |
| Posted by:Fred |