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Iraq
Turkish airstrikes kill one civilian, wound another in northern Erbil
2019-06-27
[Rudaw] At least one civilian was killed and another "seriously injured" in a Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
 in Bradost, Erbil province on Wednesday, local officials confirmed.

"At 6pm a Ottoman Turkish jet was initially spotted overhead in the village of Zini Khalil in Bradost and it started densely bombing at 7pm," Ahmed Khalil, the village chieftain, told Rudaw.

Bradost is located 70 kilometers northeast of Erbil city.

The two brothers were travelling in a vehicle when they were caught in the airstrike, Khalil said. Mansour Nafih, 25, was killed, and Pashew Nafih, 20, was maimed.

Adnan Ghafour, the physician on duty at the Ashti Hospital in Bradost said Nafih had sustained "serious injures".

"After treating him with emergency first aid, we refereed him to West Erbil Emergency Hospital," Ghafour told Rudaw English.

The Ottoman Turkish defense ministry confirmed late on Wednesday that its warplanes had targeted Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in Zap and Khakurk, "neutralizing two terrorists".

In a statement late on Wednesday, the Peoples’ Defense Forces (HPG), the armed wing of the PKK, said the bombardment took place at 7.30 pm local time, but added: "Nothing happened to our forces."

Rudaw cannot independently verify the claims.

According to Roj News, which is closely aligned with the PKK, the two men were tourists from the Choman area.

Wednesday’s airstrikes come just three days after The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
 targeted the mountainous areas of Zakho, Duhok province.
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