HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız who is in the town of Cizre since the beginning of the most recent curfew and aggression 50 days ago, spoke to ANF about the grim situation in the basement where 31 people remain trapped for 10 days.

While no news has been received from the trapped people for two days now, Sarıyıldız pointed out that death squads of the state that have surrounded the area are standing guard outside the building to make the people there die.

'ALMOST THE ENTIRE BULDING COLLAPSED ON THE BASEMENT'

Sarıldız recalled the remarks of DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) Assembly Member Mehmet Yavuzel, one of those wounded who last managed to speak on phone on 30 January, saying that the artillery fire on the building where has also left one side of the basement collapsed. While some of the wounded remained under ruins, conditions became severer inside as the building collapsed almost entirely on the basement, and the ways out have been closed with ruins.

Sarıyıldız refuted the claims of clashes put forward by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and government officials, and stressed that there was nobody but security forces in the area in order for a fighting to erupt.

Regarding the obstruction of ambulance access to the area, Sarıyıldız said the followings; "The truth is that death squads are standing guard around the building to make the wounded there die. Everyone must see this scene now. Since the very first day, we are asking the authorities to allow us go there now that they didn't accept to send the state's ambulances. Yet, this demand of ours has been rejected every single time. Yesterday, 10 mothers walked up to that building where they were detained by security forces. If there is a fighting there as is claimed by many, how did mothers enter that area?”

Sarıyıldız pointed out that mothers could have helped many of those trapped get out if they had been allowed to go inside the basement.

'DEATH SQUADS ARE STANDING GUARD TO MAKE THEM DIE'

HDP deputy stressed that death squads of the state are standing guard outside the building particularly to make them die there, adding; "It is seen that these death squads have been sent to this region in order to murder every single one who refuses to leave the neighborhood. They are even threatening health teams and not allowing them access to the area on alleged grounds of clashes. These death squads are not afraid of prosecution either because of the fact that they are doing what they have been instructed to do by the government and state officials."

Sarıyıldız recalled that these people who are struggling to survive in a basement for 12 days, adding; "A war crime is being committed here before the eyes of 78 million people. They had no single drop of water for the last 6 days. If they manage to resist the wounds, they will die of thirst. These people are being sent to death before the eyes of millions."