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Iraq arrests perpetrators of drone attack that killed French soldier in Erbil
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told French President Emmanuel Macron that authorities have arrested perpetrators behind a drone attack in March that killed a French soldier in Erbil, according to a statement by the Iraqi prime minister’s office.
One French soldier was killed and six others were wounded after a drone attack in northern Iraq, where they were providing counter-terrorism training.
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