BETLIS, — Another mass grave was found in which 24 bodies of PKK guerrillas were dumped in. The mass grave was found in Xarpesh Mountain in Mutki region of Betlis province.
It is reported that following heavy clashes between the PKK guerrillas and the Turkish army in 1996, the bodies of 24 slain guerrillas were dumped into a mass grave in Xarpesh Mountain, which found today.
According to the eye witnesses who did not want their identity revealed, 24 PKK guerrillas 9 of them female, were ambushed by Turkish army in 1996 and killed in Xarpesh Mountain.
Hesen Ceylan the local representative of IHD said this is not the first time they have discovered mass grave. “There are numerous mass graves in Betlis,” he said and continued, “Against the amount of mass graves existing in Xarpesh Mountains, the humanity is feeling ashamed.”