District in Kurdistan challenges authorities breaking the lockdown

Shafaq News / Rania district in Sulaymaniyah governorate witnessed on Tuesday, opening its markets and roaming of its residents despite the strict curfew measures implemented by the authorities in the region to prevent Corona virus, after high rate of the virus in Sulaimaniyah.

After the curfew decision announced by the Ministry of Interior, shop owners demonstrated opposing it, as markets and some stores have been opened today , Hussein Mahmoud, District’s administration  manager, told Shafaq News Agency.

"We have informed the owners of open shops that they will bear the consequences, but at the same time he stressed that there is no tendency to punish them,” he added.

"We are waiting for the governors and supervisors meeting of Garmiyan and Raparin departments - independent departments within the region - which is now being held in Erbil,” Mahmoud said.