SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Security forces detained six people as part of investigations into an attack on a Chinese services company in southern Iraq on Tuesday, according to a security official.
A rocket and gunfire targeted premises of the Chinese company ZPEC in Nasiriyah city at dawn on Tuesday.
“The headquarters of the Chinese company ZPEC, which operates in the Al-Gharraf field north of Nasiriyah, was targeted with a rocket and live ammunition,” AFP cited Karim al-Jandil, spokesman for the state oil company in Dhi Qar as saying.
Another security official told AFP that the rocket failed to explode and that the only damage to the site was bullet hopes on a nearby trailer.
The Chinese company is in charge of drilling wells in the Al-Gharraf oil field.
The attack was motivated by “blackmail” to put pressure on the company and secure jobs for locals, an official of the state oil company alleged, AFP reported.
