More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for separation in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on Wednesday, two days after the disputed plebiscite.

Electoral commission officials told a news conference in the regional capital Arbil that 92.73 percent of the 3,305,925 people who cast ballots voted “yes” in Monday’s referendum, which had a turnout of 72.61 percent.

Source: AFP