Military forces of the regime in the border strip of Hangejal Baneh detained and assaulted five kolbars.
According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, May 12, 2024, regime border forces in the border strip of Hangejal Baneh detained and assaulted five kolbars, two of whom were returning empty-handed from the Kurdistan region.
The identities of three of these kolbars are listed as “Mohammad Nezami,” “Arian Rezapour,” and “Arman (Family name undisclosed),” all from Saqqez, confirmed to Kolbarnews.
A local source informed Kolbarnews, “These kolbars were handed over to the Intelligence Office of Bouin County in Baneh after their arrest and were subjected to assault there.”
Reports indicate that the detention of these kolbars continues until the preparation of this report.
According to the statistics recorded in Kolbarnews in the year 1402, a total of 444 Kolbars in the border areas and inter-provincial routes between West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces were killed and injured due to factors such as direct shooting by regime military forces, avalanches, frostbite, stepping on mines, falling from mountains and heights, and other causes. Out of this total number, 44 Kolbars were killed, equivalent to 10%, and 400 Kolbars were injured, equivalent to 90%. Out of the total 444 Kolbars killed or injured in the year 1402, a total of 373 cases, equivalent to 84%, were due to direct shooting by military forces.
Additionally, out of the total 444 Kolbars killed or injured in the border strip of Kurdistan in the year 1402, 37 of them are children under 18 years old.
In the year 1402, we witnessed a 90% increase in the killing and injuring of Kolbars in the border strip of Kurdistan.
