MESOP NEWS : Peshmerga forces diffuse explosives planted by PKK on road in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok: Source
Hiwa Shilani ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces on Thursday defused 65 kilograms of explosives on an intercity road in Duhok province, according to a security source who spoke to Kurdistan 24.
“Ziravani forces of the Peshmerga thwarted an attempt to detonate a quantity of TNT planted by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on the main road between Amedi and Drealuk districts in the area between the Kawani complex and Sargali village,” he said.
The source claimed that the explosive material “was prepared to be detonated near a Peshmerga outpost and Asayish forces in that area,” adding that the engineering unit of the Zaravani’s 1st Brigade had diffused and dismantled the device without incident.