HAKKARI, Northern Kurdistan — The bodies of 7 Kurdish guerrillas who lost their lives in an ambush on a military outpost in Hakkari were savagely tortured and destroyed by the Turkish soldiers. According to the eye witness one body was beheaded.
The Executive Council of Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan (KCK) called for mass protests against the brutality of the Turkish army.
“The bodies of those guerrillas who lost their lives on 5th July in an ambush on military outpost in Beyyurdu village in Shemzinan district of Hakkari were destroyed by the Turkish soldiers”, said attendant of the funeral.
The witnesses stated that while one body was beheaded the eyes of the majority of the bodies were scratched out. They also stated that all the bodies had knife scars.
The Executive Council of Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan (KCK) stated that Turkish army is committing war crimes against the Kurdish people by destroying the bodies of our guerrillas. KCK also called upon the Kurdish people not to be silent in the face of this brutality of the Turkish state and turn each guerrilla funeral into a civil upraise.