ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A local official announced that the Peshmerga of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan who opened fire on civilians in a village in the northeast of Erbil province on Thursday night have turned themselves in to the security forces and are under investigation.
The Choman mayor announced in a statement that the involved persons “have turned themselves in to the security forces and now are under the custody of the Kurdistan Region’s courts.”
The president of the Kurdistan Region has also become involved in an effort to control the situation.
“Masoud Barzani, the general commander of the armed forces of the Kurdistan Region, and all security agencies are trying to control the situation of Gundazhor village in Choman,” Hawar Argushi, Soran Police spokesperson, told Rudaw.
Two civilians were killed and one injured after deadly clashes erupted between civilians and members of Komala in the village of Gundazhor in Choman, northeastern Erbil province.
The confrontation began when three brothers in the village challenged the Komala Peshmerga who were chopping down trees, according to Rudaw’s reporter in Choman, Bakhtyar Qadir. According to Komala, the civilians were armed.
A statement from the party said a number of persons from the village approached their Peshmergas’ shelter holding weapons, “and as a result shooting erupted, unfortunately leading to death of two persons from the village of Gundazhor and another person wounded.”
After the incident, villagers, saying they could not accept such actions, stormed the shelters of a number of Kurdish Iranian parties in the area.
Buildings of four different parties were burned down in Balakayati, Qadir reported.
Komala urged the government to resolve the issues and sent condolences to the families of the dead.
Komala is a leftist political party of Iranian Kurdistan. It is one of the parties that have recently resumed a military struggle against Iran. It has bases within the Kurdistan Region and positions around Mount Halgurd.
Balakayati is in Erbil province. Its major town, Choman, is 160 kilometers from Erbil. Gundazhor is on the Iranian border. Some 30 families live in the village.
The Choman mayor announced in a statement that the involved persons “have turned themselves in to the security forces and now are under the custody of the Kurdistan Region’s courts.”
The president of the Kurdistan Region has also become involved in an effort to control the situation.
“Masoud Barzani, the general commander of the armed forces of the Kurdistan Region, and all security agencies are trying to control the situation of Gundazhor village in Choman,” Hawar Argushi, Soran Police spokesperson, told Rudaw.
Two civilians were killed and one injured after deadly clashes erupted between civilians and members of Komala in the village of Gundazhor in Choman, northeastern Erbil province.
The confrontation began when three brothers in the village challenged the Komala Peshmerga who were chopping down trees, according to Rudaw’s reporter in Choman, Bakhtyar Qadir. According to Komala, the civilians were armed.
A statement from the party said a number of persons from the village approached their Peshmergas’ shelter holding weapons, “and as a result shooting erupted, unfortunately leading to death of two persons from the village of Gundazhor and another person wounded.”
After the incident, villagers, saying they could not accept such actions, stormed the shelters of a number of Kurdish Iranian parties in the area.
Buildings of four different parties were burned down in Balakayati, Qadir reported.
Komala urged the government to resolve the issues and sent condolences to the families of the dead.
Komala is a leftist political party of Iranian Kurdistan. It is one of the parties that have recently resumed a military struggle against Iran. It has bases within the Kurdistan Region and positions around Mount Halgurd.
Balakayati is in Erbil province. Its major town, Choman, is 160 kilometers from Erbil. Gundazhor is on the Iranian border. Some 30 families live in the village.
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