In a direct shooting by regime military forces targeting Kolbars along the Baneh border near Bostan, a Kolbar from Bukan was critically injured.
According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, January 5, 2025, regime forces opened fire on a group of Kolbars near the Bostan border in Saqqez. As a result, a Kolbar identified as Omid Afrozeh, a resident of Bukan, was severely injured.
The injured Kolbar was transferred to Shafa Hospital in Saqqez for treatment. Reports indicate that his condition remains critical.
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.
