SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Three Iraqi women were killed after a tanker truck distributing water at a camp housing families of Islamic State (ISIS) members in northeast Syria rammed into a tent on Monday, authorities said.
AP cited a Kurdish official inside the camp as saying that the accident occurred inside al-Hol camp that houses tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children.
Two children were injured in the accident, the official added. The women and children were from the same Iraqi family.
The al-Hol camp is home to as many as 70,000 people who have been displaced by the civil war in Syria and the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) militants. As many as half are Iraqis.
Around 10,000 foreigners are housed in secure annex, and many in the camp remain die-hard ISIS supporters.
Kurdish authorities have warned that the camp is turning into an extremist powder keg due to ISIS militants hiding out among camp residents.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have repeatedly called on the international community to repatriate their citizens held in northeast Syria.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International called for the repatriation of children held in al-Hol camp saying they have not had proper access to food, clean water, and essential services such as healthcare and education.
