BAGHDAD, New York Times July 4, 2016 — A camp for Iranian dissidents near Baghdad’s international airport was shelled on Monday, wounding more than 40 residents, the opposition People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) said.
“According to reports from Camp Liberty, as of midnight tonight, more than 40 residents were wounded or injured in the missile attack on the camp,” Shahin Gobadi, a Paris-based PMOI spokesman, said in a statement.
The bombardment caused major destruction in the camp, including fires and deep craters, Gobadi added.
Another PMOI spokesman, Shahriar Kia, said earlier that the group suspected “Iraqi groups affiliated with the Iranian” government were responsible for the shelling.
It was not clear if any of the airport’s facilities were hit. Kia said more than 50 missiles hit the camp.
The PMOI have since come under attack several times in Iraq. Their camp near the airport was previously shelled in October.