Gerîla TV footage from action of self-sacrifice in Bazid

Guerrilla fighter Sema Koçer targeted the Turkish soldiers maintaining the security of the natural gas pipeline near the Gürbulak border crossing between Iran and Turkey.

Gerîla TV has published footage from an action of self-sacrifice by a female guerrilla who targeted Turkish soldiers in the border area of Turkey near Iran.

In a statement detailing the action, the Press Office of People's Defense Forces (HPG) had said the following concerning the action in March 2020:

“YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrilla fighter Sema Koçer carried out an action of self-sacrifice at 5 am on March 31 as part of the ‘Revolutionary Victory Campaign’ ongoing in Serhat region of North Kurdistan. During the action near the Gürbulak border crossing in Bazid (Doğubeyazıt) district of Ağrı, Koçer first engaged in a clash with the Turkish troops maintaining the security of the natural gas pipeline. She then targeted the 5 armored vehicles that came to the scene for intervention and blew herself up. All the 5 vehicles were destroyed, more than 30 soldiers were killed and dozens of soldiers wounded as a result of the explosion.”

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