The KRG president issued a statement calling on the interior minister to seize unlicensed weapons on the continuation and increase in killings in the region. 

On Thursday, Krg president Masrour Barzani said: "Today I called on the interior ministry to close any weapons dealerships and seize any unlicensed weapons, so that they will no longer be a threat to people's lives." 

"We will not sacrifice the security of our people and our country for the wicked, smugglers and opportunists," he said.

He called on kurdistan's citizens to hand over unauthorized weapons to the government and to participate in the process of clearing Kurdistan of unlicensed weapons.