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Shepherd killed in landmine blast east of Sulaimani

Rehman Abubakr
PM:08:14:26/12/2021

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SULAIMANI — The general hospital in Penjwen said a shepherd was killed in a landmine explosion on Sunday (December 26) in a village in the district, which borders Iran.

Khalid Abdullah, a general practitioner at the hospital, told NRT the landmine detonated in the village of Kani Shabani in Penjwen at about 2:15.

Abdullah said the victim was born in 1982 and was a shepherd from Saqqez in the Kurdistan Province of Iran.

He stated the hospital was waiting for relatives to claim the body after it was released from forensic analysis.

More than 1,100 people lost their lives due to landmines in Penjwen over the past 30 years.

(NRT Digital Media)