Mine Action Directorate teams detonate Napalm missiles in al-Sulaymaniyah

Shafaq News / Two local officials in al-Sulaymaniyah reported that the sound of the explosion heard in Penjwin district is due to the Mine Action Directorate teams' work.

Penjwen's deputy commissioner, Zana Abdul Rahman, told Shafaq News agency that the concerned teams detonated Napalm bombs in the district.

For his part, the Director-General of the Directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah, Mohsen Sayed Abdul Karim, told Shafaq News agency, "a 400 kg Napalm missile from the remnants of the Iran-Iraq war was detonated today."

He added, "This is the first time we find this type of missiles in the Kurdistan region."