Overview
- Authorities in Erbil said a group blocked the Gwer road and opened fire on fuel tankers and passersby, leaving one person dead and several wounded.
- The violence occurred as the Kurdistan Regional Government sent liquid fuel to power plants to ease outages after the strike that ignited a storage tank and halted Khor Mor output.
- Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said the KRG and the field’s operator agreed to resume production within hours to help restore electricity.
- There has been no claim of responsibility, and a committee led by Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul‑Amir Shammari is investigating with support from the global coalition.
- The United States, the United Nations and others condemned the attack, and Reuters reported the damaged tank is part of new facilities partly financed by the US and built by a US contractor.