A middle-aged Kolbar from the village of Bolbar, part of Sarvabad County, passed away due to cardiac arrest while carrying goods along the Nowsud border zone.
According to Kolbarnews, early this morning, Saturday, November 23, 2024, a Kolbar lost his life from cardiac arrest while transporting goods along the Nowsud border.
The identity of the Kolbar, Mohammad Karim Azgh, a resident of Bolbar village in the Hawraman district of Sarvabad County, has been confirmed by Kolbarnews.
Mohammad Karim Azgh was married and had children.
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.
