In the wake of a shooting and beating by border guards in the border areas of Piranshahr, one Kolbar was killed, and another was injured.
According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, October 7, 2024, border guards in the “Delavan” region near Piranshahr opened fire directly on Kolbars and beat them. As a result, one Kolbar was killed, and another was severely injured.
The identity of the deceased Kolbar has been reported as 38-year-old Hossein Kamalnia, from the village of Andizeh, a district of Piranshahr. It is reported that after being severely wounded by a bullet, Kamalnia was beaten in the head with a rifle butt by the border guards and then left behind.
He was found by locals and transferred to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Kamalnia was the sole breadwinner for his family, and his mother, who suffers from diabetes, has lost vision in both eyes.
Additionally, another Kolbar identified as Fardin Qalash, from Piranshahr, was severely injured by a live bullet during direct shooting by the border guards. Due to the severity of his injuries, he was transferred to a hospital in Urmia, where his condition remains critical.
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.
