Mass grave found in Agri, North Kurdistan

gor_be_komalAGRI, — After the excavation of mass graves of Kurdish guerrillas in Mutki and Dersim, another one was found in Agri where the bone and traces of Kurdish civilian and guerrillas came to surface.

According to the reports, the bodies of 30 guerrillas and 5 civilian were found in Agri.

A member of municipality who did not want to reveal his identity said that the bodies of Kurdish guerrillas, who lost their lives in battle with Turkish soldiers, were buried in the backyard of the municipality in 1989 and 1994.

The same witness said that in another village the bodies of 5 PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) with bodies of 5 Kurdish drivers were killed and buried in a mass grave at 15th August 1994.

The head of municipality and member of BDP claimed that 23 PKK guerrillas died in battle in 1994 whose bodies were buried collectively in the backyard of municipality.

It should be noted that hundreds of Kurdish guerrillas who lost their lives in 1990s-2000 and hundreds of Kurdish civilians who died as the result of Turkish military operations in Kurdistan, were buried collectively in mass graves.