Kurdish party accuses Turkey of shelling border town

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Kurdish party accuses Turkey of shelling border town
25/08/2003 AFP

ARBIL, Iraq, Aug 24 (AFP) - 20h45 - A leading Kurdish party in northern Iraq accused Turkey on Sunday of shelling a Kurdish border town following a bout of infighting between Kurds and Turkmen that left a dozen people dead.

Turkish heavy artillery fired more than 15 shells on Barwari Bala near the frontier with Turkey on Saturday, said a statement by Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) read out on the party’s KTV television late Sunday.

The TV report, monitored in this KDP-held city, said the shelling caused no casualties but forced villagers to flee their homes at a time of the year when the region usually attracts many visitors.

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