08/05/2022 Iraq, Kurdistan iracheno, Dihok (Duhok-Dahuk)
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By SALAR SALIM Associated Press
A Danish national was killed by a roadside bomb while cycling in northern Iraq, the country’s local Kurdish authorities said Friday, blaming Turkish Kurdish insurgents for planting the device. According to a statement from police in the Dohuk region, Torbjorn Methmann died in an explosion on Thursday. Police said Methmann and his companion, William Karlsson, also a Danish national, were cycling in the semiautonomous Iraqi Kurdish region when Methmann’s bicycle struck the roadside bomb. The pair were en route to the town of Amedi, a popular tourist attraction in the area known for its archeological sites. The statement also said the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, or PKK, an insurgent group in neighboring Turkey, was behind the bombing. Iraqi Kurdish officials could not be reached for comment and the statement provided no evidence to back that claim. Iraq is strewn with land mines and unexploded ordnance left over from years of conflict.
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