Roboski incident | |
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Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |
Type | Aerial attack |
Location | |
Target | PKK Kurdish smugglers [1] |
Date | December 28, 2011 9:37 pm (UTC+02:00) |
Executed by | Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon |
Casualties | 34[2] killed |
The Roboski Incident (Kurdish: Komkujiya Roboskî), also known as the Uludere airstrike,[3][4] took place on December 28, 2011, at Ortasu, Uludere near the Iraq-Turkey border, when the Turkish Air Force bombed a group of Kurdish civilians who had been involved in smuggling gasoline and cigarettes, killing 34.[5][2][6][7][8][9] According to a statement of the Turkish Air Force the group were mistakenly thought to be members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[5]
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