Lahur Sheikh Jangi Arrested in Sulaymaniyah
According to the english section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Iraq’s Al-Ahd TV network, media affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reported that Lahur Sheikh Jangi and his brother were detained in Sulaymaniyah.
Lahur Sheikh Jangi, head of the People’s Front and an influential personality in the Kurdistan Region, had called for an uprising against the PUK prior to his arrest.
Iraqi media previously reported that intense clashes erupted near Sheikh Jangi’s residence at Lalezar Hotel in Sulaymaniyah after he refused to surrender to security forces allied with the PUK.
The reports stated that security personnel surrounded the hotel to detain Sheikh Jangi, while forces also secured roads leading into Sulaymaniyah province.
