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Turkish warplanes bomb local govt. building in Sinjar

PM:10:39:11/12/2021

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SULAIMANI – A Turkish air strike hit the headquarters of the People’s Assembly in Khanasor, Sinjar on Saturday (December 11), an NRT reporter in the area said.

Turkish warplanes bombed the headquarters at 8pm on Saturday, NRT reporter Nazir Shengali said.

The reporter stated two people were wounded in the air strike. The building was also badly damaged.

Nadia’s Initiative, an NGO founded by Ezidi Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad, condemned the bombing in a statement.

"Turkey, a NATO member, is terrorizing the Yazidi population instead of targeting ISIS. The international community has a moral obligation to speak out against Turkish aggression,” the NGO statement read.

Officials in the district have not yet commented on the incident, the second Turkish air strike in Khanasor this week.

Marwan Badal, the co-chair of the Autonomous Administration Council in Sinjar, was killed in a Turkish drone air strike on Tuesday in Khanasor.

(NRT Digital Media)