Kurdish separatist group says 11 killed in attack in Iraq
BAGHDAD — An attack Saturday on a Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan base in Iraq killed at least 11 people and wounded 50, the separatist group said, with officials immediately blaming Iran for the assault.
Iranian state media and its military forces did not immediately acknowledge the attack in Koya, some 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Baghdad.
The party, known by the acronym PDKI, on Twitter accused Iran of using “long-range missiles in a co-ordinated attack on PDKI’s bases and adjacent refugee camps.” It posted pictures of smoke rising from the attacks.
The secretary-general of the separatist group, Mustafa Mawludi, and his predecessor, Khalid Azizi, were wounded, the Kurdish satellite news channel Rudaw reported.