AM:11:46:26/11/2021
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SULAIMANI — The Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC)
said Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) commander Murad Kani Kurdai and two of
his security guards were killed on Thursday (November 25) during an attempted
arrest.
PUK media outlets reported they received a statement from
the KRSC that an "official force” was directed to arrest Kurdai in Ranya
district in a legal and civil manner.
The statement was not posted to the official website of the
KRSC.
PUK affiliated media said Kurdai’s security guards
confronted the officers attempting to arrest the PUK commander.
Kurdai, two of his security guards and a member of the
arresting force named Shamil Zrar were killed in the confrontation, according
to PUK media outlets. Three others were wounded.
Security institutions will launch an investigation and make
efforts to arrest the perpetrators involved in the incident and prosecute them,
PUK media stated.
Kurdai’s family on Thursday night initially denied reports
he had been killed.
Kurdai’s brother, Firzad Abdulrahman spoke on NRT’s Panorama
program Thursday night and said his brother had survived the attack after being
shot in the leg.
He said his brother was targeted due his political
relationship with Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabani.
Murad Kurdai’s son also posted on Facebook that his father
was wounded but alive.
His body was reportedly returned to his family and buried
overnight.
(NRT Digital Media)
This story was updated at 2:43 p.m. EBL