A Kolbar from Sardasht, was injured by direct gunfire from border forces near the Qandil border.
According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, border forces opened fire on a group of Kolbars at the Qandil border, resulting in severe injuries to one of them.
The injured Kolbar has been identified as Jabar Zarei from the village of Kulse Sofla in the Sardasht area.
Zarei was subsequently transferred to Piranshahr hospital 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.
