BAGHDAD, July 4 (Reuters) – A camp for Iranian dissidents near Baghdad’s international airport was shelled on Monday, a spokesman of the opposition People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) said.
The bombardment caused casualties among residents of the camp, PMOI spokesman Shahriar Kia told Reuters, without indicating a number. Several caravans in the camp were set on fire.
Kia said the group suspects “Iraqi groups affiliated with the Iranian” government were responsible for the shelling.
A witness who lives near the airport heard explosions. Kia said more than 50 mortar rounds hit the camp.
The PMOI have since come under attack several times in Iraq. Their camp near the airport was previously shelled in October.