9 people trapped in a building in Cizre burn to death

While 15 wounded, 7 slain and 9 exhausted civilians remain trapped in a basement in Cizre for 14 days, it came out yesterday that dozens of people are stuck in another house in the same Cizre neighborhood.

While 15 wounded, 7 slain and 9 exhausted civilians remain trapped in a basement in Cizre for 14 days, it came out yesterday that dozens of people are stuck in another house in the same Cizre neighborhood.

Cizre People's Assembly co-chair Mehmet Tunç who spoke to Özgür Gün TV on phone Thursday evening stated that 37 other people including injured are stranded in a house on the first floor of a building in Cizre neighborhood.

Tunç stated that heavy artillery attacks by state forces started a huge fire on the top floor of the building, while a cannon shell hit the house where people took shelter, as a result of which 9 heavily wounded people burned to death.

While the fire continues on the 3rd and 4th floors of the building, Tunç told the followings; "The remaining 28 people are alive but some of them have suffered burns. Yet, they cannot survive these conditions for one more day. We put on toothpaste on their injuries. 9 people with heavy wounds who were in a room all burned to death. There was some water, we poured it on them but it didn't help save them. The basement has two apartments and we are in the other one now. Mortar attacks are going on and armored military vehicles are patrolling outside the house. If we happen to die, this will clearly be an execution."