Injury of a Kolbar Due to a Landmine Explosion on the Piranshahr Border

22:03 - 3 October 2023
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On the evening of Friday, September 29th, a Kolbar named "Arsalan Safiyari," son of Abdullah, from the village of "Gazgask" in the outskirts of Piranshahr, was severely injured as a result of a landmine explosion.

According to an informed source, this Kolbar's leg came into contact with a landmine on the border between Piranshahr and the Kurdistan Region, and he was injured severely due to the explosion.

Following this incident, the Kolbar was transferred to the "Choman" Hospital in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq via an ambulance.

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