A Kolbar was severely injured following a direct shooting by border guards in the border areas of Baneh.
According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, border guards in the Baneh border region opened fire on a group of Kolbars, severely wounding one in the abdomen.
The injured Kolbar has been identified as Shakhawan Mashhouri, from the village of Kandesureh, near Baneh.
Due to the severity of his injuries, Mashhouri was transferred to a hospital in Sanandaj for medical treatment.
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.
