A Kolbar was injured after regime forces opened fire on Kolbars along the Piranshahr border.
According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, regime forces targeted a group of Kolbars near the “Seh Choman” border area in Piranshahr. As a result, a Kolbar identified as Abdullah Maroufi, a resident of Gazgask village in Piranshahr, was injured.
The injured Kolbar has been transferred to medical facilities in Piranshahr for treatment.
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.
