HRANA ─ Two Kolbers with the names of Burhan Elem Hulu and Mostafa Mehrpur were killed by border patrol in Chaldoran border and three others were severely injured.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), 5 Kolbers and residents of Showt village were injured or killed by direct fire from border patrol forces.
A close source to these Kolbers told HRANA’s reporter, “These civilians were living by being a Kolber, but were killed or injured by the police’s direct fire on Chaldoran border”.
This informed source said, “Burhan Elem Hulu and Mostafa Mehrpur were killed by direct fire and three others were severely injured. All were residents of Showt village, rural of Chaldoran and Maku.”
Kolbers (Carriers) are the people who are forced to carry goods for living, and carrying goods across the borders by passing mountains from unofficial custom points, in return to very low wages.
These goods are identified by Iran law as contraband and therefore people who are involved in carrying these goods, whether by using animals or just carrying them on their back, are smugglers.
Source: HRANA NEWS AGENCY