Erbil arrests smuggling suspect over three child deaths
Shafaq News- Erbil Security forces in Iraq's Kurdistan Region (KRI) arrested asuspected human smuggler after three children from an Al-Sulaymaniyah familydrowned when their inflatable boat sank in a river in Turkiye during an attemptto leave the country, the Erbil Asayish Directorate said. The victims were identified as Hestyar, Haryad, and Mila.The directorate said investigators identified the suspect by the initialsR.A.M. and that he was taken into custody upon returning to the KRI under anorder from an Erbil Asayish investigating judge. Iraq’s Interior Ministry dismantled 36 organized…
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