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Three or four civilians of the same family were reportedly killed by an alleged Turkish airstrike on a civilian car on Berker near Sangasar on June 27th, 2019, according to local sources.
According to ANF, “Three civilians, including children and women, lost their lives and 5 civilians were injured in the attack. Among those who lost their lives are a woman and a 4-year-old child.”
Rudaw said that “four people from one family were killed on Thursday, June 27, 2019, by fighting between Turkey and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas and shelling of two villages at the foot of Mount Qandil.”
Nasnews quoted Iraqi MP Kawa Mohammed saying: “Turkish planes again bombed populated areas of the province of Arbil and killed four citizens and injured five others, all of them unarmed citizens living in the area.”
Hathalyoum reported: “Turkish warplanes bombed two civilian vehicles in the village of Barker in Sangasar district, killing four people, including three from one family and wounding five others.”
Baxtiyar Goran tweeted that there were two children among the injured.
In September 2019, the Christian Peacemaker Teams Iraqi Kurdistan (CPTIK) reported that “on June 27, 2019, the Turkish military fired a rocket at the vehicle of Abdullah Aali Mina killing him along with his daughter, Kurdistan, and his 17-year-old son, Haryad. The blast also wounded five additional family members, including his wife. They were returning home after a day-trip to their family lands in Ashqolka village near Sangasar. Initial reports claim that there was a PKK vehicle in the area and the Turkish military fired upon both vehicles.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Dead bodies following an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar (via ANF)
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Dead bodies following an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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A wounded child following an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
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Scenes from the aftermath of an alleged Turkish strike on Sangasar, June 27th 2019 (via ANF)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Sangasar (سنكاسار), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.247996, 45.018967. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.