ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two children were killed in Duhok province’s Zewa village on Thursday during clashes between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkish army, according to sources.
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 Turkish military base with three bombs. Then, Turkey 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 Turkish army.
Neither Turkey nor the PKK have commented on the deadly attack.
Turkey regularly bombard the PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region. It launched a fresh offensive against the group in Duhok province in April.
