A Kolbar from Baneh lost his life due to hypothermia in the mountainous region of Haft-Tash in Baneh.
According to Kolbarnews, early on Saturday, December 28, 2024, a Kolbar identified as Edris Naderi, a resident of the village of “Qol-Ester” in Baneh, died in the Haft-Tash border region due to extreme cold and frostbite.
The body of the deceased Kolbar was recovered by local residents and Red Crescent teams and transferred to the morgue of Salahaddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh.
According to registered statistics from Kolbarnews, in the first six months of 1403, a total of 142 Kolbars in border areas and interroad routes of the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah were killed or injured due to various factors such as direct shooting by military forces, avalanches, frostbite, stepping on landmines, falling from heights, and other incidents. Of these, a total of 36 Kolbars (25%) were killed, and 106 Kolbars (75%) were injured. Among the 142 Kolbars who were killed or injured in the first half of 2024, 124 cases (87%) were due to direct shooting or beating by military forces. Furthermore, 10 of these Kolbars were children under the age of 18. Compared to the same period in 2023, there has been a 67% increase in the number of Kolbars killed and injured along the Kurdish border.
