Identities of two civilians killed in Varto clarified
Four people have lost their lives during the last two days of clashes in Varto district of Muş.
Four people have lost their lives during the last two days of clashes in Varto district of Muş.
Four people have lost their lives during the last two days of clashes in Varto district of Muş.
While the report has also been confirmed by Muş Governor's Office, all the bodies were hurriedly taken by police from the district and sent to Malatya Forensic Medicine Institution.
Two civilians who were allegedly captured alive and executed by special operations teams have been identified as 36-year-old Rahmi Kızıltaş and 26-year-old Abdullah Toprak from Alagöz neighborhood.
While the families of both victims have left for Malatya, it remains unknown where the civilians were executed.
As the identities of the other two people killed in the district are yet to be made clear, both Kızıltaş and Toprak are guessed to have been executed after being captured alive or wounded.
According to the reports by local sources, security members in an armored vehicle had pursued a civilian car and rained bullets on it in Upper Alagöz neighborhood at around 19:00 on August 16. Kızıltaş and Toprak were executed after being removed from the car alive or wounded.