VIDEO: Former Iraqi aircraft bombs remain threat for Kurdish village

DUKAN, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Two napalm and three chemical bombs from the former Iraqi regime remain unexploded in a Kurdish village of the Sulaimani Province after nearly 30 years.

Nolichka is one of the villages located in the town of Dukan in Sulaimani.

The bombs date back to April 10, 1987, when Iraqi warplanes shelled the area with 12 napalm and chemical bombs that killed one and injured 11 more.

Three of the undetonated bombs are located 10 meters near a natural spring in the village.

According to the villagers, they are afraid to use the water from the spring for fear it may have been poisoned by the bombs 30 years ago.

“Even the land, we didn’t use it for agriculture in the first two decades,” an elderly villager told Kurdistan24.

Omar Ahmed, one of the victims of the bombs in 1987, mentioned he suffered from a breathing problem.

“Not only me, but my mom and sister among many other people also faced the same health issues,” Ahmed revealed.

“There were injuries and bulbs on my body,” he added. “They went away after 40 nights.”

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany

(Additional reporting by Teyfur Mohammed)