At least 52 people have been killed when air strikes by Iraqi forces mistakenly targeted civilians gathering in the ISIL-held western city of al-Qaim, military officials told Al Jazeera.
Dozens of other people reportedly waiting for their salaries outside an exchange facility and a livestock market were also wounded in Wednesday's air raid.
Mohammed al-Karbouli, an Iraqi member of parliament in Anbar province, said in an official statement on his Facebook page it was not the first time civilians have been bombed by the Iraqi air force.
"We demand the government to establish an investigation commission to find out who is behind these repeated accidents of killing civilians, lately in al-Qaim city," Karbouli said.
"To repeat the mistakes of bombing civilians is to distort the reputation of our troops."
He also said the incidents raised questions on the validity of the intelligence the army is using in targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
"This gives an opportunity to the terrorist organisation of promoting information through their media that harms our forces," Karbouli said.
Amaq, the media arm of ISIL, reported on the raid saying at least 60 civilians were killed by Iraqi warplanes.
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