Kurdish authorities say a Turkish drone strike killed several people, with reports that the strike targeted journalists.
Local authorities say several people were killed in a drone strike in Sulaymaniyah city, Iraq [File: Mohammed Jalal/Reuters]
Local authorities and news outlets in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region have said that several people were killed in a Turkish drone strike on Friday, including two journalists.
In an initial statement on Friday, the regional authorities said that a car belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was struck near the city of Sulaymaniyah, killing a senior PKK official, his guard and his driver.
However, a later statement by the Kurdistan regional government’s Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani said that the attack targeted a group of journalists, two of whom were killed.
