At least two Kolbars were injured by direct gunfire from Border Regiment forces along the Nowsud border.
According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Monday, September 23, 2024, Border Regiment forces in the Nowsud border area opened fire on a group of Kolbars using pellet guns, resulting in at least two injuries.
The Kolbars sustained severe injuries to their back, waist, thighs, and arms.
As of the time of this report, the identities of the injured Kolbars have not been confirmed by Kolbarnews.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the first six months of 2024, a total of 270 Kolbars in the border areas and inter-road routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces were killed or injured due to factors such as direct shooting by the regime’s military forces, avalanches and frostbite, stepping on mines, falling from mountains and heights, and other incidents. Out of this number, a total of 34 Kolbars (13%) were killed and 236 Kolbars (87%) were injured.Of the 270 Kolbars who were killed or injured in the first six months of 2024, a total of 222 cases (82%) were due to direct shooting or beatings by the regime’s military forces.Additionally, of the 270 Kolbars who were killed or injured in the first six months of 2024 in the Kurdish border region, 20 of them were children under the age of 18.Comparing the statistics of the first six months of 2024 with the same period in 2023, we have witnessed a 218% increase in the killing and injuring of Kolbarn in the Kurdish border region.
