A Kolbar from Javanroud, lost his foot due to a landmine explosion near the Nowsud border.
According to Kolbarnews, in recent days, a Kolbar was severely injured by a landmine explosion in the Nowsud border region.
The Kolbar, identified as Ahmad Rezaei from Javanroud, sustained critical injuries to his ankle in early November 2024.
After being transferred to in Kermanshah, doctors were forced to amputate his ankle due to the severity of his injuries. Rezaei was discharged three days after his final surgery.
Ahmad Rezaei is married and the father of three 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.
