14-year-old Bünyamin İrci was killed while carrying water to the people

It came out that 14-year-old Bünyamin İrci was executed not after being forced into an armored vehicle, but while carrying water to the people deprived of their basic needs, including food and water, during the course of the curfew.

AKP police murdered 23 people during the eight days of curfew and crackdown in Şırnak's Cizre district last week.

Details regarding the execution of 14-year-old Bünyamin İrci have been exposed thanks to the talks held with witnesses by lawyers affiliated to Libertarian Lawyers' Association (ÖHD) who came to the district after the lifting of the curfew on September 12th.

It came out that İrci was executed not after being forced into an armored vehicle, but while carrying water to the people deprived of their basic needs, including food and water, during the course of the curfew.

The autopsy report on İrci's execution, obtained by ANF, reveals that the boy lost his life after being targeted by multiple fire which caused his death as a result of fractures and bleeding in his hand bones, ribs and skull.

WITNESSES: THEY SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST AND HEAD

Talks held by ÖHD lawyers with witnesses in Nur neighborhood have revealed that 14-year-old Bünyamin, who started staying at his uncle Faruk İrci's house in Nur neighborhood on September 10, was executed by special operation police while carrying water to the people.

The report prepared by lawyers says the followings as to what happened that day; "7 to 8 people were waiting at the scene where a dried blood stain had been circled with stones, 50 meters to the Akaydın Street of Nur neighborhood. They didn't want us to take picture, because of which we just took notes. When we asked whom the stain of blood belonged, and if they had witnessed the incident, they told us it was a youth whose name they didn't remember clearly but had the surname İrci. They said 'He was carrying water from side streets to the neighborhood. There he was shot in the chest, and remained lying on the ground. He later held his hand up to show that he was alive, upon which they hit him in the head, and later came to the scene and shot him in the head. An ambulance was called to the scene but he had already lost his life before an ambulance came there. When we asked who had shot him, they said it was special operation police."

POST-MORTEM REPORT

The statements quoted by lawyers in their report were also confirmed by the findings highlighted in his document for burial. The post-mortem performed on his body at Şırnak State Hospital for the ascertainment of his cause of death upon a file sent by Şırnak Public Prosecutor's Office, reveals that Bünyamin İrci had lost his life as a result of multiple fire.

The report says that; "The cause of death was ascertained as fractures in his hand bones, ribs and skull, as well as bleeding in internal organs, brain tissue destruction and cerebral hemorrhage. Permission is given for the burial of the identified person upon the ascertainment of his cause of death."

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