AMED, — Expressing his sorrows for the death of 24 PKK members, whose bodies are dismembered and teared to pieces, BDP Co-Chair Selahedin Demirtash regarded the massacre as “savagery and war crime”.
Demirtash said; “It is a great tragedy and sadness for us to see the children of this people, who try to end the war, demand peace and give this much effort for solution, lose their lives in this way.”
Peace and Democracy Party Co-Chair Demirtash made a statement after the discovery of 24 bodies claimed to be of HPG guerrillas who allegedly lost their lives in Çelê district of Hakkari.
The bodies of all the 24 guerrillas are burnt, fractionated and held in Malatya since October 24. According to ROJ-TV one of the bodies was identified today and confirmed as the body of guerrilla Ebru Muhi Kancı who was born in Kars province.
Demirtash also said that; “Both the photos of bodies and the information we received show that all bodies were subjected to torture and teared apart. Before anything else, this is savagery and a war crime and the responsible of this pain are those who act with the feeling of revenge and making people suffer. The feeling of such a great revenge and hate can’t be explained with humanity. Beyond a war, this is an event of taking revenge with a great savagery.”
Remarking that the AKP was responsible for all losses of lives, Demirtash notified that the bodies of dead PKK members would be brought together and recorded on a video. “I suppose this program was cancelled for coinciding with the earthquake in Van”, said Demirtash.
Demirtash said that BDP would keep searching for the truths and he also mentioned an allegation of 20 more bodies about which no exact information was available at the moment, he added.
Demirtash ended his speech by calling on all Kurdish people to react against this savagery and to ultimately protect the bodies of their children. “All our people should reflect their reaction against military and political operations”, said Demirtash
He also said that the party of the Kurdish people has the power and determination to resist against all kinds of pressures.