The Turkish state continues its attacks in various parts of the Kurdistan territory, not sparing civilian settlements in its all-out war against the Kurdish people and their lands.
Nine people were killed and at least 23 injured when the Turkish state bombed a picnic site in the village of Perex in the southern Kurdish district of Zakho on 20 July. The victims include one-year-old Zahra and twelve-year-old Sara. Seven of them had come to Zakho from Baghdad for holidays, two men came from Karbala.
The South Kurdistan-based RojNews agency reports that the Turkish army has once again bombed the village of Perex on Friday. According to the report, the village was targeted by artillery fire at least 21 times in the past 24 hours.
While Turkey denied involvement in the deadly attack which has triggered strong reactions from many states, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, told the press that as a result of the investigations carried out by military experts, it was determined that the attack on Zakho was carried out by Turkey.
According to the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), the artillery fire came from the Turkish military base Xamtir in Xatîrê. CPT representative Kamaran Osman told the Mezopotamya Agency (MA) that they went to the village after the bombing: "We talked to witnesses and wounded people and learned from them that four shots were fired. They confirmed to us that all these four shots were fired from the Turkish military base Xamtir."
