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Crack-down on illegal gun ownership in Kurdistan Region

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Security forces have started a crack-down on illegal gun-ownership in the Kurdish capital of Erbil, which was prompted by a high number of murders and gun crime in the last few weeks. Our correspondent Ahmed Ghafur covers the operation which has started arresting owners of illegal fire-arms and closure of warehouse as well as random crack-down in public places.


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Security forces have started a crack-down on illegal gun-ownership in the Kurdish capital of Erbil, which was prompted by a high number of murders and gun crime in the last few weeks. Our correspondent Ahmed Ghafur covers the operation which has started arresting owners of illegal fire-arms and closure of warehouse as well as random crack-down in public places.



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