Saadi Khademi, a young Kolbar from Saqqez, lost his life after a freight vehicle overturned in the border area of Seristan, a district of Penjwen in the Kurdistan Region.
According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Friday, February 21, 2025, a freight truck overturned in the village of Seristan, located in the Germak district of Penjwen in the Kurdistan Region, resulting in the death of a young Kolbar.
The identity of the deceased has been confirmed as Saadi Khademi, son of Latif, from the village of Haji-Abdel, a suburb of Saqqez.
Based on statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in 2024, a total of 345 Kolbars (border porters) in the border areas and inter-road routes of the West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces were killed or injured due to factors such as direct gunfire from regime military forces, avalanches and frostbite, stepping on landmines, falling from mountains and heights, and other incidents. Of this total, 59 Kolbars (17%) were killed, and 286 Kolbars (83%) were injured.Among the 345 Kolbars killed or injured in 2024, 259 cases (75%) were due to direct gunfire from regime military forces. Additionally, 22 of the total (6%) were child Kolbars under 18 years old, one of whom died as a result of frostbite.
