Iranian attacks displaced about 700 families in Koya town: Mayor

30-09-2022
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups in Koya town, Erbil province on Wednesday has caused the displacement of about 700 families to the downtown, mayor said on Friday. 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked Kurdistan Region’s Erbil and Sulaimani provinces on Wednesday, targeting the bases of exiled Kurdish opposition groups. More than a dozen people were killed and 58 were injured in the attacks, according to latest figures published by the Region's health ministry.

One of the targeted places was Azadi camp housing Kurds who have fled Iran due to political reasons. 

Tariq Haydari, Koya Mayor, told Rudaw on Friday that between 600 to 700 families have fled the camp and a nearby village, residing in the downtown. 

“Between 600 to 700 families have left the camp and Shila village. Koya people have hosted these families at their houses,” he said. 

“Because the refugees have left behind their goods, some families in Koya have hosted two or three refugee families at their houses,” added the mayor.

Haydari said they have so far recorded nine deaths and 24 injuries. 

The IRGC’s recent attacks have been condemned locally and internationally.

There have been protests in Iran, starting with the recent death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in morality police custody in Tehran. The IRGC blamed the Kurdish parties for a violent unrest that had engulfed the country for nearly two weeks. Demonstrations are ongoing. 
 

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