Two people were killed on Tuesday in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region in shelling attributed to Turkey, an AFP security source and a medical source said in the region, where Ankara frequently launches strikes against the Turkish Kurdish PKK separatist group.

The Turkish military has on several occasions confirmed its shelling of Iraqi territory, where it is conducting air and ground operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgents and their positions in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan and the Sinjar mountain range.

Yesterday’s bombing took place in the evening near the remote village of Kafia in the mountainous Acre region of northern Iraq, a relatively short distance from the border with Turkey, the AFP source told Iraqi security forces on condition of anonymity.

“Two civilians were killed and a third was injured in a Turkish aerial bombardment,” the source said, adding that a medical team went to the site along with relatives of the victims to retrieve the bodies.

For its part, a medical source reported that two people were killed and two others were injured in a shelling in the Acre area.

Turkey has for 25 years established dozens of military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan as part of its war against the PKK, which also has rear bases in the region.

On Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced the death of a Turkish soldier in an attack on a Turkish base in northern Iraq.

At least 18 Turkish soldiers were killed in similar attacks in January and December in northern Iraq.

In October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that his country’s military would “continue to intensify” its strikes in Iraq and Syria against the PKK, which Ankara and its Western allies consider a “terrorist” organization.