SMC issued a statement regarding the bombing in Dohuk

Security

20-07-2022, 16:58

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Baghdad-INA
The Security Media Cell (SMC) issued on Wednesday, a statement regarding the bombing in Dohuk.

The statement, which was seen by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said that "at exactly 13:50 of this day, on the 20th July, the resort of Barkh village in the Drakar district of Zakho district in the Dohuk province in Iraqi Kurdistan was subjected to violent artillery shelling ,killing of 8 citizens, and 23 others wounding, all of them civilian tourists, and they were evacuated to Zakho district.

The statement added, "The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces immediately investigated the incident and dispatched the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations, his Personal Secretary and the Commander of the Border Guard Forces to the scene of the accident to find out its merits and visit the wounded."