Baneh; a Kurdish Kolbar lost his life as a result of being shot by government forces

10:08 - 26 April 2023

On Tuesday, April 18th, a Kurdish porter named "Ya'qub Abbasi" from the village of "Kulseh-ye Olya" in the Rural District of Sardasht lost his life as a result of being shot by government forces at the border of Baneh.

According to an informed source who spoke to Kurdpa, this Kolbar was severely wounded as a result of being shot by government forces while on his way to a border crossing in the mountains of the village of "Alut" in the district of Baneh.

The source added: After being injured, this Kolbar was transferred to a hospital in Urmia, but due to being shot in the kidney area and severe bleeding, he lost his life.

Ya'qub Abbasi was 40 years old, married, and had two children.