(MENAFN- The Peninsula) New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned the attack that occurred Thursday evening on a camp located near Baghdad International Airport that houses over 2100 Iranian exiles and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
According to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) the attack on Camp Hurriya (Camp Liberty) resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.
"UNAMI urges the Government of Iraq to do its utmost to abide by its commitments in providing adequate security for the residents of the camp and to launch an independent investigation into the killings that would bring the perpetrators to justice" UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement.
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) noted that the authorities have evacuated the injured to Baghdad hospitals adding that the full extent of the casualties and damage to the camp is still being ascertained.
"This is a most deplorable act and I am greatly concerned at the harm that has been inflicted on those living at Camp Liberty" said High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
"Every effort must continue to be made for the injured and to identify and bring to account those responsible."
The residents of Camp Hurriya many of whom are members of a group known as the People’s Mojahedeen of Iran are staying there while UNHCR carries out a process to determine their refugee status and resettle them outside of the country in line with an agreement signed in December 2011 between the UN and the Iraqi Government.
QNA