The Deputy Commander of the Air Defense in the Northern Region, Brigadier General Abdul Salam Muhammad, announced the downing of a Turkish drone that violated Iraqi airspace in the city of Kirkuk.

He said in a statement to reporters: ‘The drone was coming from the direction of Sulaymaniyah and was shot down by Iraqi fire.’

He pointed out: ‘The accident resulted in the injury of one of the workers as a result of the drone falling near the Emergency Regiments Command in the center of Kirkuk in Tis’een District.’

A security source had announced earlier today the downing of an unknown drone in the center of Kirkuk.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency