Major General Saad Maan, head of Iraq's Security Media Cell, stated that security authorities will conduct an investigation “as quickly as possible” into the incident.
The video submitted to Rudaw shows an Iraqi security officer attacking a Kurdish youth with an AK-47 rifle in the disputed district of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk. Eyewitnesses said the assault occurred after the young man was reportedly seen displaying the Kurdistan flag.
A Kurdish youth in the disputed Tuz Khurmatu region, south of Kirkuk, was reportedly beaten by Iraqi security forces for carrying the Kurdistan flag - marking the fourth such incident reported on election day. #IraqVotes2025
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