“A helicopter carrying members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) crashed on March 15 at 8:40 pm in Duhok, killing passengers on board,” Kurdistan Region's Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) said in a statement.

“Kurdish officials contacted the Iraqi government, allies, and the Turkish government regarding the incident. However, all parties denied involvement with the helicopter,” the statement noted, adding that the crashed helicopter was of the Eurocopter AS350 model. (ILKHA)