Border regiment forces at the Zhalaneh border injured a 23-year-old Kolbar by gunfire and subjected him to a severe beating.
According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, a young Kolbar in the Zhalaneh border area was shot and then violently assaulted by border regiment forces.
According to the report, two border guards shot the Kolbar in the leg and then severely beat him, causing serious injuries including fractures and wounds to his head.
The identity of the Kolbar has been confirmed by Kolbarnews as Ata (last name unknown), 23 years old and a resident of Hawraman.
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.
