Ethnic Clash In Kirkuk, Iraq: 3 Protesters Killed, Curfew Imposed – Latest Updates
Ethnic clash in Kirkuk, Iraq: 3 protesters killed, curfew imposed – Latest Updates.
Violent clashes erupt in Kirkuk, Iraq, as ethnic tensions escalate, resulting in 3 protester deaths. Curfew declared. Get the latest news on the Kirkuk conflict.
Clash in Iraq: 3 protesters were killed in violent clashes in Kirkuk, Iraq, curfew was imposed in the northern province. The news of large-scale ethnic conflict is coming to the fore in Iraq.
Violence broke out between Kurdish and Arab residents in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing three protesters and injuring more than a dozen people.
This ethnic conflict broke out between Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen people. Following the violent clashes, Iraq declared a curfew in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in the northern province.
Iraqi security forces and police said three protesters were shot dead and 14 others wounded on Saturday in clashes that broke out after days of tensions between ethnic groups in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk.
Ethnic clash in Kirkuk: Iraq’s Prime Minister ordered a curfew.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani ordered a curfew in Kirkuk province on Saturday and also issued an order to launch search operations in areas where the riots took place, the news agency reported.
According to a statement released by the Iraqi Armed Forces, PM al-Sudani stressed that security forces should be “resolute in arresting anyone who dares to tamper with the security of the city of Kirkuk”.
But also stressed that no one should be allowed to carry arms except security officers.
Controversy is taking place over the headquarters of KDP.
In Iraq, the demonstration was taking place in a building in Kirkuk that was once the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). From the year 2017, the Iraqi army started using it as a base.
The central government had planned to return the building to the KDP in a show of goodwill but Arab and Turkmen opponents set up a camp outside the building last week in protest.
Last week, a group of the Arab community blocked the Kirkuk-Erbil highway to protest the reopening of the KDP headquarters in Kirkuk.
Kurdish people asked that the roadway be reopened, sparking skirmishes between protesters and police.
The curfew has been ordered by the PM following Saturday’s clash between KDP supporters, Arab and Turkmen protesters, and security forces.
Police are investigating.
Police said the violence broke out when a group of Kurdish protesters approached the camp on Saturday. Police and hospital sources had earlier said that a Kurdish protester had been killed.
He said the death toll rose after two more Kurdish protesters died of gunshot wounds in hospital.
City security officials and police say they are probing the circumstances of the deaths, including who opened fire first.
