Fire in Building Bombed in Cizre

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Following the attack on a building in Cizre district of Şırnak province, fire has broken out which has led to nine persons lose their lives.

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs Ferhat Encü and Faysal Sarıyıldız have explained what had been happening in the district to bianet.

Encü has noted that the building resided by 37 persons had been targeted by the security forces and that they have notified the fire department about fire which broke out following the attack and he has added;

“Yet the fire department getting to the building has been hindered. As of this morning (February 5) nine persons have lost their lives and 25 others severely injured”.

Encü has announced the names of the persons who have lost their lives as follows: Şervan Adıgüzel, Ercan Pişkin, Muhammet Özkül, Nizar Isırgan, Cengiz Sansak, Ramazan Çömlek and three other persons who could not be identified.

Named of some of the injured are as follows: Fidan Dadak, Fedek Çağdavul, Servet Çörek, Yasemin Çıkmaz, Serdar Özbek, Mehmet Atlan, H.A. (13) E.Ç. (14) and Abdulkerim Oruç.

Şırnak Governorship has asserted that Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members had been in the building and they had put the building on fire who had fled the police operation.

Attack on a second building

Faysal Sarıyıldız has added that there had also been savagery and violence in a second building in Cudi neighbourhood.

Seven out of 31 persons who had taken shelter in a building on January 23 had lost their lives. Due to the operation conducted to the building on last Saturday (January 30) the walls of the building had collapsed and the last news received from the building had been “we are under debris”. For six days since then, nobody from the basement could be reached.

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Ambulance deception

Sarıyıldız has added that the authorities were claiming to have send ambulances to the region and thus created the impression of taking action.  

“They are telling that the ambulances have been sent and when stalemated, they bring the ambulances to the entrance of the district and do not take any action except disclosing photographs.

“It has been observed that the security forces were starting shooting when health workers from the municipality arrive at the region and the ambulances approach, and has also been witnessed that persons getting out of armored vehicles were taping. Later, news have come out like ‘fire opened on ambulance’. It is all fiction”. (AS/DG)