In September of this year, a Kolbar from Baneh was injured by direct gunfire from border forces in the border areas of Sarvabad.
According to Kolbarnews, September 22, 2024, border forces ambushed and opened fire on a group of Kolbars in the border village of “Darki” in Sarvabad County, Kurdistan Province, injuring several.
One of the injured Kolbars has been identified as “Sadegh Daftari,” a 45-year-old from Baneh.
Due to the severity of his injuries, Daftari was hospitalized in Marivan for five days.
The identities of the other injured kolbars are still under investigation by Kolbar News.
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.
