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Unidentified drone shot down over Iraq’s Kirkuk, police say

Unidentified drone shot down over Iraq’s Kirkuk, police say
Unidentified drone shot down over Iraq’s Kirkuk, police say

2024-09-04 09:30:42 - From: Arab News


BAGHDAD: Iraq’s air defenses shot down an unmanned drone on Thursday in the northern city of Kirkuk, two police sources told Reuters, triggering an investigation into the identity of the drone. One Iraqi military colonel said on condition of anonymity that an initial investigation of the debris showed it was a Turkish military armed drone. The drone fell in the center of Kirkuk, igniting a fire near some houses, but caused no casualties, police sources said, adding the blaze had been brought under control by firefighters.