A young Kolbar from the city of Baneh, was seriously injured by direct gunfire from border regiment forces in the HangeJal border area.
According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, border forces opened fire on a group of Kolbars in the HangeJal border zone near Baneh. As a result, a young Kolbar was severely wounded.
The injured individual has been identified as Mehran Fattahi, a 27-year-old resident of Baneh.
According to the report, the border forces used military-grade weapons and directly targeted Fattahi, seriously injuring him. Due to the severity of his injuries, he was transferred to a hospital in Tabriz, where his condition is reported as critical.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the year 1403, a total of 183 Kolbars were killed or injured in the border areas and inter-road routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces due to factors such as direct shooting by regime military forces, avalanches and hypothermia, landmine explosions, falls from mountains and heights, and other incidents.Out of this total, 52 Kolbars (28%) were killed, and 131 Kolbars (72%) were injured. Among the 183 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 1403, 143 cases (78%) resulted from direct shootings by regime military forces.Additionally, among the 183 kulbars affected, 11 (6%) were child Kolbars under the age of 18. One of these cases resulted in the death of a child Kolbar due to hypothermia.
