TURKEI : CIZRE, SILOPI, SUR

Cizre

Attacks by state forces killed yet another civilian in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 19 uninterrupted days.

ŞIRNAK – ANF

Attacks by state forces killed yet another civilian in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 19 uninterrupted days.

Police and military forces have intensified tank and artillery attacks on Cudi and Nur neighborhoods since yesterday evening. The aggression has left many houses in both neighborhoods damaged.

Civilian Cabbar Taşkın (40) got heavily wounded as a result of gunfire near his house in Cudi neighborhood late yesterday evening.

While the man’s body remained at the scene throughout the night due to continued fire from armored vehicles, no ambulance was allowed to the area either. Residents of the neighborhood managed to reach the scene only this morning, to see that Taşkın had already died.

On the other hand, civilian Şükrü Duymak (45) was similarly shot by special operation police on Caba Street of Cudi neighborhood yesterday. People managed to get Duymak’s body into a house where he was held till this morning due to the ongoing obstruction of ambulances from entering the neighborhoods under fire. The man has been taken to hospital today but is reported to be losing blood and in critical condition now.

One civilian and one soldier killed in Silopi

In Silopi district of Şırnak where a curfew has left 19 days behind, deliberate and random attacks by state forces claim more civilian lives every passing day.

45-year-old civilian by the name of Ömer Yalman was shot by special operation police as he tried to go from Barbaros to Başak neighborhood earlier today. The man got heavily wounded after being shot by a bullet in the stomach, and died of blood lose while police didn’t allow ambulance into the neighborhood where clashes continued. Yalman’s body is being held in a mosque.

On the other hand, self-defense units have hindered a group of special operation police and soldiers that attempted to enter Karşıyaka neighborhood Friday afternoon. One soldier was killed and many other members of security forces were reported in clashes in this area.

Turkish soldiers kill another Rojava citizen near the border

Turkish soldiers have killed a Kobanê citizen near the border between North and West Kurdistan.

Farûq Osman Mihemed (40) from the village of Xanîkê on the eastern side of Kobanê Canton was shot by Turkish soldiers as he attempted to cross into Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan yesterday.

The man got heavily wounded after getting shot by two bullets in the head near Kurelî village 10 km west of Kobanê Canton. Local people living in the area took Mihemed to Emel Hospital in Kobanê where he lost his life despite all the medical efforts.

According to local sources, Farûq Osman Mihemed meant to cross into Bakurê Kurdistan for treatment for a health problem he had been suffering for a while. The man will be laid to rest in Xanîk village today.

16-year-old murdered by police in Sur

As the curfew and onslaught by state forces in Amed’s central Sur district leaves one month behind, troops and police forces continue attacking civilian areas with tank and artillery fire.

In Hasırlı neighborhood where intensified attacks were conducted by Turkish forces today, special operation murdered a 16-year-old in the evening. The youth lost his life at the scene soon after he was shot by a bullet in the head.

The youth’s body, which people around retrieved from the scene and covered with blanket, is being held in a house in Hasırlı neighborhood.