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§§Five or six civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrike on Kunamasi.
Rebaz Majeed tweeted: “The Turkish drones hit a vehicle half an hour ago, belonging to PKK members, in Slemani Province’s Kuna Masi. They also hit a mini market belonging to a local family. 2 are dead and more than 5 are injured and there are children among them.”
Adem Uzun wrote: “2 killed and 6 wounded (2 women, 2 children and 2 men, all members of the same family).”
One of the injured, Payman Thalib Thaher, a mother of two, had one leg amputated while the other was broken.
Rudaw also reported six injured and one man killed of which the outlet could not say if he was a civilian or combatant.
Hana Çômanî said: “People who have been killed ,injured today in #kunamasi they weren’t #PKK they were civilians(3children 8 their mother ,also a woman who was working on her farm)”
Yousif al-Hashimi described the man killed as “armed”. Barzan Saqiq said at least four PKK fighters were killed in the event.
KirkukNow and Hedwih Kuijpers said it was drone strike.
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Reports of the incident mention strikes on a vehicle and a mini market in the village of Kunamasi (كونه ماسي). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources, we were able to narrow down the location to the following coordinates: 35.796455, 45.415773 (the mini market) and 35.796413, 45.412799 (the vehicle).
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Imagery: Kurdistan24
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Imagery: Kurdistan24
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Imagery: @Arahemn1