DBP member and People's Assembly co-chair murdered in Silopi

It came out that DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People's Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar are among the four people murdered by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district yesterday.

It came out that DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People's Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar are among the four people murdered by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district yesterday. Body of another slain civilian is yet to be identified.

The four people were killed as state forces opened heavy and random fire on civilian settlements in Karşıyaka neighborhood for hours late yesterday evening. The aggression has also left many wounded.

Casualties have been revealed only after the bodies of four slain civilians were brought to Silopi State Hospital earlier today.

HDP Şırnak deputies Aycan İrmez and Ferhat Encü, and HDP Silopi branch co-chair Aycan Azma were hindered by state forces with armored vehicles as they wanted to go Silopi State Hospital after the delivery of the four bodies to the morgue.

Three bodies were sent to Şırnak State Hospital's morgue this evening. HDP Şırnak MP Leyla Birlik and Urfa MP İbrahim Ayhan who had a talk with the prosecutor confirmed that bodies belonged to DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People's Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar. Body of the other civilian, who is a man, couldn't be identified yet as his face unrecognizable.