Zakho resort attack
On 20 July 2022, the Barakh tourist resort in the Zakho District of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was shelled with four or five artillery strikes. The attack killed nine civilians, including two children, and injured 33 others.
| Zakho resort attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Operation Claw-Lock | |
| Location | Zakho District, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Date | 11:16, 20 July 2022 – 11:30, 20 July 2022 (1 year, 7 months and 3 days ago) |
Attack type | Artillery strikes |
| Deaths | 9 (including 2 children) |
| Injured | 33 |
| Victims | Vacationing tourists |
| Perpetrators | Turkey (Iraqi and Kurdish claim) PKK (Turkish claim) |
The Iraqi federal government and Kurdish authorities claim that Turkish Armed Forces was behind the attack, while the Turkish government denied this and suspected PKK to be responsible. The Iraqi Foreign Minister claimed that the PKK was not in the area at the time of the attack and that it was Turkey that attacked.
All of the victims were Arab tourists from central and southern parts of Iraq.
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