ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - One person was killed and another was injured when their motorcycle was targeted by a drone in the Penjwen district of eastern Sulaimani province on Saturday, a local official confirmed.
“A Turkish drone targeted a motorcycle between Shewagwezan and Taymiz villages. It was carrying two people. One was killed and the other injured,” Ziyad Abdullah, mayor of Garmk subdistrict, told Rudaw.
An investigation has been launched into the incident and the two male victims have yet to be identified.
Penjwen Mayor Hemin Ibrahim confirmed the attack, stating that “it was a Turkish drone.”
Ankara has not commented on the incident.
Turkey frequently carries out attacks on suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets throughout the Kurdistan Region. The PKK has declared a ceasefire and taken the first step towards laying down its arms, while in Ankara, parties in the parliament are discussing forming a commission to oversee a peace process. Despite this progress towards ending the four-decade conflict, Turkish forces have continued their military operation against the PKK, mainly in northern Duhok province.
Over the past month, there have been multiple drone attacks on the Kurdistan Region, especially its oil fields. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has blamed the attacks on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a charge Baghdad has denied.
These attacks have stopped since Thursday, when Erbil and Baghdad finalized a deal to end their tensions over finances and Kurdish oil exports that have been halted since 2023.
Updated at 1:08 pm
