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Police investigating a shooting on September 20, 2019 at the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)'s office in Erbil. Photo: PUK Media
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — An office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party was shot at in Erbil on Friday night.
The head of Erbil police said an “unidentified person” opened fire there, hurting no one.
“This office of the PUK is located in Erbil’s 92 neighborhood. Tonight, an unidentified person shot at it from his/her vehicle and ran away,” Abdulkhaliq Talaat told Rudaw.
Hours earlier, shots were fired at the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in Sulaimani.
The KDP is the largest party in the Kurdistan Region, and Erbil is its stronghold. The PUK is the second largest party, and it is the biggest in Sulaimani. Both parties have a presence in each city and province.
PUK Media said that two of their offices were attacked, but added that both are in the same building.
An unnamed source told the news outlet that “the shooters shot eight times and ran away immediately,” adding that it only caused material loss.
The police are investigating the incident, said the source.
Unknown gunmen also opened fire at the headquarters of the KDP in Sulaimani in the early hours of Friday.
Both incidents follow another incident on the Erbil-Sulaimani provincial border where Mahmoud Sangawi, a senior PUK official and Peshmerga commander, was barred from entering Erbil on Thursday.
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