A Kolbar from the city of Paveh, was severely injured in the head and neck by direct gunfire from border forces along the Nowsud border.
According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, November 4, 2024, border forces in Nowsud fired pellet guns at a group of Kolbars, seriously injuring one.
The identity of the injured Kolbar has been confirmed as Mardin Shakeri, a 42-year-old resident of Dasheh village near Paveh.
Mardin Shakeri sustained severe head and neck injuries and has been transferred to hospital in Kermanshah for medical treatment.
Mardin Shakeri is married and has two 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.
