TURKISH war planes have bombed a Kurdish village in Iraqi Kurdistan with chemical weapons, local officials told the Morning Star, demanding that war-crime investigations be opened.

Missiles loaded with chemicals struck Berwari Bala village in the mountainous Duhok province which borders Turkey in the early hours of Saturday, they said.

Health officials said they had treated three residents for the effects of toxic gas, with symptoms including shortness of breath, an irregular heartbeat and blurred vision.