Rockets have struck the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in Iraq‘s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, killing and injuring several people, according to officials and local media.
The missile attack hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in the northern town of Koya on Saturday, according to the TV channel Kurdistan 24.
The PDKI, in a Twitter post, blamed Iran and said at least five people were killed in the attack.
“According to initial reports, 35 have been wounded and five others have died,” the group wrote.
Al Jazeera could not verify the report independently.
Photos posted by the PDKI on social media show massive plumes of smoke in the sky.
In a coordinated attack, the terrorist regime of Iran targeted PDKI’s bases and adjacent refugee camps in Koya, Iraqi Kurdistan. According to initial reports, 35 have been wounded, and 5 others have died.#Pdki #Kurdistan #rojhelat #twitterkurds pic.twitter.com/URqpX5bnwK
— PDKI (@PDKIenglish) September 8, 2018
The two groups seek Kurdish autonomy in Iran and operate in exile in neighbouring Iraq.
Ibrahim Chukail, a senior KDPI member, told Kurdistan 24 there were “several martyrs and injured people, because of the rockets”.
Kurdistan 24 said the attack occurred as party leaders sat for a meeting, and at least two senior officials were injured in the shelling.
Saturday’s attack was the largest on the party’s headquarters since 1996, the channel said.
Citing local officials, Rudaw, a Kurdish television channel, said the Koya region “has been under bombardment for days”.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Friday they had killed six members of a Kurdish armed group involved in a July attack on an Iranian border post.
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