The Ministry of Peshmerga said in a statement that, "a TNT explosive device planted by PKK (Kurdistan Workers'Party) militants in Sidekan sub-district in Erbil. The explosive device went off upon the passage of a Peshmerga vehicle."
The head of the local government of the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Omid Khoshnaw, condemned the attack extending condolences to the families of the victims and hoping for a speedy recovery to the injured fighter, Shafaq news.
Behram Yassin, a leader of the Peshmerga forces, confirmed that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has planted the bomb, indicating that the territory where the explosion took place nests multiple headquarters of the party.
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