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Sulemani-Kurdistan (KurdishMedia.com) 07 November 2009: A Goran activist physically assaulted in Sulemani.
Dara Haji Tofiq, was physically assaulted in front of his home in the city of Sulemani by four unidentified individuals.
The four perpetrators, who used a local taxi for transportation and waited in front of the house of their victim until he was back. When their victim was back he was assaulted from behind with metal rods. During this, a neighbour was arrived in his car, who wanted to follow them, the perpetrators shot the car forcing the driver to stop; and escaped in their taxi. The assault happened at 3:00 pm local time during the daylight, which makes people believe that the people were confident of their task. The victim, Dara Haji Tofiq, logged a complaint in the local court. The case is under investigation.
Tofiq is a businessman and a former brigadier in the Iraqi army.
Tofiq is an activist of Gorran movement and this assault is similar to that of the Kurdish prominent journalist Nabaj Goran in the regional capital a couple of weeks ago.
Here in Kurdistan, these assaults has created an atmosphere of fear among the people, as they think this is a new wave of assault of intellectuals and activists who are in persute of the PUK and KDP corruption.
