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Some residents of Tuz Khurmatu are building concrete walls to separate their neighborhoods. They say it is to protect themselves from ethnic violence. Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, Shiites and Sunnis live here.
The mayor has tried for three months to solve the tensions. He says blocking the neighborhoods makes a solution impossible.
In recent months Shiite militia and Sunni Arabs have clashed here. The Kurdish Peshmerga and militiamen have also exchanged fire.
The mayor has tried for three months to solve the tensions. He says blocking the neighborhoods makes a solution impossible.
In recent months Shiite militia and Sunni Arabs have clashed here. The Kurdish Peshmerga and militiamen have also exchanged fire.
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