More evidence on the execution of 6 people in Cizre

More evidence emerged on the execution of 6 people, one of whom is a woman, whose bodies were discovered in Cizre 2 days ago.

More evidence emerged on the execution of 6 people, one of whom is a woman, whose bodies were found in the Cudi neighborhood of Şırnak’s Cizre district 2 days ago. 4 of these bodies were found in the kitchen, 1 of them in the bathroom, and another one in the storage unit of two houses in Cudi neighborhood. Eyewitnesses who wish to remain anonymous spoke to Fırat News Agency and said that no armed confrontation was taking place in the region and the aforementioned 6 people were most likely executed. One of the eyewitnesses said that the people responsible for the execution had long beards and spoke Turkish in either a Turkmen or an Azeri accent.

The same eyewitness stated that four people were executed in the kitchen of a house, that their bodies remained at the site for a while, and that two of the bodies were burnt by the perpetrators. The eyewitness said that state forces were in control of the region, and that he entered the house after the massacre had taken place. Accordingly, only certain parts of the house were burnt, and the 4-5 propane cylinders in the kitchen had remained intact. The eyewitness said that these partial burn marks suggested that the 2 bodies that he had found were burnt purposefully, not due to an explosion.

Another eyewitness, who had seen a dead body right behind the house, said that the body was taken from the bathroom of İdris Candro and had 5-6 bullet wounds in his stomach. The eyewitness stated that another body was found in the garden of village guard Kamil Atak’s house, and that special operations forces took this body whose torso was later found in a carved out and tortured condition. The eyewitness noted that 2 women were taken into custody on the same street, and the police officer that spoke to the women had either a Turkmen or an Azeri accent. Accordingly, the officer told the women that they had left [the area] together and that he hadn’t shot them on purpose.

The police control in and around Cudi neighborhood is reminiscent of previous claims regarding the organic relationship among Turkey, ISIS, Al-Nusra Front and Ahrar-al Sham through which Turkmen fighters disguised as Turkish police take part in curfew operations in North Kurdistan.