1849 Kolbars have been killed and wounded in the past 11 years
Kurdpa Human Rights Organization statistics center presents the statistics of the killed and injured people of Kolbars during the last 11 years (from 2012 to 2022) in a separate statistical report till the end of 2022.
A representation of this statistic is as follows;
• From 2012 to 2022, a total of 1849 Kolbars have been killed and injured (552 killed and 1297 injured).
• 32 people killed and wounded Kolbars were under 18 years old.
• More than 76% of these Kolbars were killed and wounded by direct shooting of the Islamic Republic of Iran's military forces.
• Killed and injured due to the fall from height with 7%, due to freezing and avalanche 6% and due to mine explosion with 5% are the percentages of the most important causes of deaths and injuries among Kolbars.
Table 1
The statistics of the killed and wounded of the Kolbars from 2012 to 2022
Table 2
The way of killing and wounding of the Kolbars by years (2012 to 2021)
Representation of statistics for each year separately:
Year 2012:
Number: 73
Killed: 44
Wounded: 29
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 63
• Avalanche: 6
• Mine explosion: 3
• Unknown: 1
Killed and wounded under 18:
• 1 17-year-old child was killed
Year 2013:
Number: 92
Killed: 38
Wounded: 54
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 71
• Avalanche: 7
• Falling from a height: 3
• Mine explosion: 7
• Heart attack during carrying goods: 2
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 1
• Falling into the border channel: 1
Killed and wounded under 18:
• 6 children (4 killed and 2 wounded)
Year 2014:
Number: 89
Killed: 34
Wounded: 55
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 61
• Avalanche: 7
• Mine explosion: 6
• Falling into the river: 2
• Heart attack during carrying goods: 1
• Beating military forces: 1
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 11
Killed and wounded under 18: 1 17-year-old child was killed
Year 2015:
Number: 72
Killed: 42
Wounded: 30
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 62
Avalanche and frostbite: 2
• Falling from a height: 3
•Falling into the river: 2
• Mine explosion: 3
Killed and wounded under 18:
• Killing of 2 17-year-old children
Year 2016:
Number: 122
Killed: 51
Wounded: 71
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 96
• Avalanche fall: 2
• Falling from a height: 3
Falling into the river: 2
• Mine explosion: 4
• Heart attack during carrying goods: 1
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 13
• Pressure caused by Kolbari: 1
Killed and wounded under 18:
• 2 killed and injured (1 17-year-old child was killed and 1 16-year-old child was injured)
Year 2017:
Number: 220
Killed: 67
Wounded: 153
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 132
• Avalanche fall and cold weather: 20
• Falling from a height: 19
• Beating by military forces: 1
• suffocation in the tent in the mountains on the way to Kolbari : 1
• Mine explosion: 9
• Heart attack during carrying goods: 3
• Missing: 2
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 33
Killed and wounded under 18:
• 4 (killing 3 children aged 13, 16 and 17 and wounding 1 child aged 16)
Year 2018:
Number: 226
Killed: 69
Wounded: 157
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 148
• Avalanche: 11
• Falling from a height: 23
• Falling into the river: 2
• Mine explosion: 23
• Bone marrow problem during carrying goods: 1
• Heart attack during carrying goods: 3
• Falling the load on him: 1
• Invasion and beating of military forces: 1
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 14
Killed and wounded under 18: Injuring 2 15-year-old children
Year 2019:
Number: 250
Killed: 70
Wounded: 180
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 199
• Avalanche fall and cold weather: 15
• Falling from a height: 18
• Beating by military forces: 3
• Falling into the river: 4
• Mine explosion: 8
• Heart attack: 2
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 1
• Killed and wounded under 18: 6 teenagers aged 14 to 17 were killed, including Farhad Khosravi, a 14-year-old child who froze in the cold weather
Year 2020:
Number: 236
Killed: 53
Wounded: 183
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 171
• Avalanche fall: 6
• Firing of Turkish military forces: 17
• Falling from a height: 12
• Beating by military forces: 4
• Falling into the river: 2
• Mine explosion: 4
• Unknown: 1
• Killed and injured due to driving accidents: 19
• Killed and wounded under 18: Injuring 4 children aged between 14 to 17
Year 2021:
Total number: 208
Killed: 46
Wounded: 162
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 122
• Firing of Turkish military forces: 10
• Avalanche and frostbite: 8
• Falling from a height: 25
• Beating by military forces: 12
• Heart attack during Kolbari: 3
• Mine explosion: 4
• Drowning in the river following the overflowing of the river as a result of the pursuit of the military forces: 1
• Throwing from a height by military forces: 1
• Killed and injured in a traffic accident: 22
• Killed and wounded under 18: Alishan Ahmadi, 15 years old, from Urmia, who was killed by Turkish military forces at the border of this city.
Year 2022:
Total number: 259
Killed: 37
Wounded: 222
How Kolbars were killed and wounded:
• Direct firing of Iranian military forces: 151 cases
• Shotgun bullets: 39 cases
• Falling from a height: 21 cases
• Mine explosion: 10 cases
• Frostbite and getting caught in snow and blizzard: 4 cases
• Heart attack during Kolbari: 1 case
• Beating by military forces: 6 cases
• Falling into the river during Kolbari: 2 cases
• Car accident on the way: 23 cases
• suffocation in the tent in the mountains on the way to Kolbari: 2 cases
• Killed and wounded under 18: Farhad Minaei and Ramin Bavajani, 15 and 16 years old, from Salas Babajani was injured by direct fire from military forces, and Amanj Azarpour, 17 years old, from Saqqez, was injured by a mine explosion.
Compiler: Awin Mostafazade
