The Confederation of Democratic Societies of Kurdistan (KON-MED) made a statement regarding the bombing of a vehicle carrying free press workers in the Seyîdsadiq district of Sulaymaniya on Friday morning and the killing of two female journalists.

The statement said: "As is known, the fascist Turkish state carried out a vile attack using unmanned aerial vehicles and killed two leading female journalists named Hêro Bahadîn and Gulistan Tara, and these revolutionary women joined the martyrs’ caravan."

The statement added: "We strongly condemn Barzani and the Iraqi government, who allowed the fascist Turkish state to conduct cross-border operations and massacres, and we call on all parliamentary groups and the patriotic Kurdish people to take to the streets and condemn them."