Detention of a Kurdish citizen in Piranshahr

10:52 - 3 June 2020

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On Sunday, May 31st, a Kurdish citizen named Omar Khakzad, son of Hasel, from the village of Shalim Jaran in Piranshahr, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location.

Security forces detained this Kurdish citizen without any legal permit, and so far the family's efforts to find out his whereabouts have been unsuccessful.

No information is available on the reasons for the arrest of this Kurdish citizen till publication of this news.

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