28 August 2010
Iranian military killed a Kurd for alleged illegal crossing of Iran-Turkey border.
Iranian military killed a Kurd yesterday for alleged illegal crossing of Iran-Turkey border. Witnesses said Iranian soldiers opened fire without warning.
Twenty-six year old Sheraffaddin Guleryuz from village of Sirimli near Saray, a disrict of Van province, was killed by Iranian soldiers on Iran-Turkey border.
He was returning from Belasor village on the other side of the border his relatives said. Iranian soldiers opened fire without any warning on the border which is very close to Sirimli village.
Five more survived from the shooting but villagers refused to name them, fearing they would be arrested for illegal border crossing.
Raif Acar, a relative of a survivor told the Iranian soldiers in Nezerbeg outpost is responsible for the killing.
He also said there were reports that Turkish soldiers in Cemil Cicek outpost also opened fire on the villagers.
Guleryuz's body was sent to his village after an autopsy in Van State Hospital.
Illegal border crossings are fairly usual in Iran-Turkey border. Villagers on the Turkish side cross the border to buy goods which are cheaper on Iranian side.
ANF NEWS DESK /
ANF NEWS AGENCY
