On 12 October, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned media) reported that Diyala police denied an assassination attempt against a purported forest-police director in Khanaqin and denied that the described job title existed. It contrasted that denial with Garmian police’s reported confirmation, asked which account to believe, and later captioned a video as showing damage from an assassination attempt against Khanaqin’s forest director by armed men.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media12 Oct, 12:35
“Diyala police deny an assassination attempt against the forest-police director in Khanaqin and deny that a job title with this description exists at all. Meanwhile, Garmian Police Command confirms the assassination attempt, documenting it with photographs. Whom do we believe now?”
شرطة ديالى تنفي وقوع محاولة اغتيال لمدير شرطة الغابات في خانقين وتنفي اساساً وجود عنوان وظيفي بهذا التوصيف - فيما تؤكد قيادة شرطة كرميان موثقةً ذلك بالصور وقوع محاولة الاغتيال بمن نصدق الان؟