Local Kurdish tradesman shot dead in Baneh

Hengaw : A local Kurdish tradesman known as “Kasibkar” has been s

18 January 2021 15:33


 Hengaw : A local Kurdish tradesman known as “Kasibkar”  has been  shot and killed arbitrarily in his car by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) forces in  Baneh district of Kurdistan Province. 

 According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on the morning of Monday, January 18, 2021, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps forces machine gunned a car on  “Buyeen  “ intersection of Baneh city  and killed the driver who was a local Kurdish tradesman . 

Hengaw’s correspondent in Baneh has announced the identity of this citizen as  "Yousef Fattahzadeh", 37, son of Mahmoud and a native of Baneh.
 According to an informed source, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps machine gunned  this Kurdish citizen's car without any stop warnings under the pretext of carrying  “ illegal and smuggled goods “ while returning from the village of Khuriabad. 

 The source further stated that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps forces opened fire on the car while it was not carrying any goods .
 Yousef Fattahzadeh was married and father of two children, and his body has now been transferred to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh.

 On Sunday, January 16, 2021 , a 55-year-old Kolbar  named "Osman Hassanpour" was severely injured in the back and waist due to falling  from mountains heights  while working  in the border region of "Nanour" in Baneh.


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