Ribwar Rashidi, a merchant who had been wounded by direct gunfire from regime military forces at the Baneh border, died from the severity of his injuries in a medical center in Sanandaj.
According to Kolbarnews, “Ribwar Rashidi” succumbed to his injuries today, two weeks after being shot in the leg and back by military forces on July 4, 2024, at the Baneh border.
The severity of his injuries led to the loss of his leg and caused him to fall into a coma.
“Ribwar Rashidi” was a merchant from Baneh, married, and the father of two young children.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the first six months of 2024, a total of 270 Kolbars in the border areas and inter-road routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces were killed or injured due to factors such as direct shooting by the regime’s military forces, avalanches and frostbite, stepping on mines, falling from mountains and heights, and other incidents.
Out of this number, a total of 34 Kolbars (13%) were killed and 236 Kolbars (87%) were injured.
Of the 270 Kolbars who were killed or injured in the first six months of 2024, a total of 222 cases (82%) were due to direct shooting or beatings by the regime’s military forces.
Additionally, of the 270 Kolbars who were killed or injured in the first six months of 2024 in the Kurdish border region, 20 of them were children under the age of 18.
Comparing the statistics of the first six months of 2024 with the same period in 2023, we have witnessed a 218% increase in the killing and injuring of Kolbarn in the Kurdish border region.
