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Shafaq News- Nineveh
Gunmen affiliated with the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) killed a former member of the group in Nineveh Province,
northern Iraq, a security source told Shafaq News on Sunday.
The victim, a native of Saladin
province who lived in the village of Abu Takiyah in Al-Baaj district west of
Mosul, was shot while riding a motorcycle after the attackers intercepted him
in the area.
Iraqi security forces have opened an
investigation into the incident. No further details have been released regarding the identity of the assailants
or the reason for the attack.
The PKK, founded in 1978, maintains
a significant presence in parts of northern Iraq and southeastern Turkiye. The
group has been engaged in an armed conflict with the Turkish state since 1984,
which has resulted in more than 40,000 deaths. Turkiye, the United States, and
the European Union designate the group as a terrorist organization, while Iraq
classifies it as a “banned organization.”
Last year, the group’s imprisoned
founder, Abdullah Ocalan, urged the PKK to convene a congress, lay down its
arms, and formally disband.
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