3 bodies found in Cizre
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – Three dead bodies were found in the two neighborhoods of Cizre where state forces have maintained their attacks and curfew.
For 42 days, state forces have maintained to attack on the Cizre district of Şırnak alongside with curfew. Two of the 28 wounded passed away in the attacks which have been maintained in the Cudi neighborhood by state forces since yesterday. 26 wounded citizens are still waiting for ambulances in the neighborhood. The house, where they are, have been bombed by state forces despite HDP MPs informed about the wounded to District Governor.
On the other hand, an unidentified dead body was found in the Dicle neighborhood. An ambulance of Cizre Municipality was sent to neighborhood to retrieved the body.
Meanwhile, two unidentified dead bodies were found in the Dağkapı neighborhood by residents. The bodies were taken to Cizre State Hospital.
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Explosion in Qamishlo: 3 civilians dead, 7 others wounded
QAMISHLO (DİHA) – A huge explosion has occurred near the Miami Cafe in Rojava’s Qamishlo city Sunday evening.
The explosion which was reportedly caused by detonation of explosives placed on a motorbike hit Necmê Cafe in Wusta neighborhood of Qamishlo city. Three civilians have died and seven others were wounded in the explosion. Casualties have been taken to Selam Hospital in the city.
While Kurdish Charity Heyva Sor has undertaken the treatment of the wounded, asayish units have taken security measures at the scene and started an investigation.
A previous bomb attack in the mainly Christian neighborhood of Wusta hit Miami and Gabriel restaurants on 30 December 2015, leaving a total of 11 people dead.
28 wounded civilians in Cizre under fire by state forces
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – The building where 28 wounded and 2 slain civilians remained trapped in Cizre’s Cudi neighborhood, is being shelled by Turkish state forces.
While two of the wounded died since yesterday;, university student Cihan Karaman last night and an unidentified civilian this morning, the others are still waiting for an ambulance since yesterday, with the situation of 18 deteriorating every passing hour.
The location of the building on Cafer’i Sadık Street has been conveyed to government officials, district governorship and hospital in demand of urgent access of the casualties to hospital. Yet, state forces particularly started to target the building with gunfire after the information of the address.
HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız posted the followings on his Twitter account regarding the recent situation of victimised civilians; “Wounded people are trapped in the basement of a five-storey red building No:5-7 on Cafer’i Sadık Street in Cudi neighborhood, and waiting to be taken to hospital. The government will be responsible for this crime against humanity if something happens to the civilians whose location we have conveyed to it. The building where the wounded are trapped in basement is under fire after we conveyed the location to the government.”
In the meantime, an unidentified man has been found dead on a street in Dicle neighborhood. Cizre Municipality ambulance has been sent to the scene to retrieve the body.
Two more lifeless bodies have been found in Dağkapı neighborhood. Unidentified bodies have been taken to Cizre State Hospital and are expected to be referred to Şırnak for post-mortem examination.
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