31 more corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre

31 more corpses have been recovered from the area of the basements in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where dozens of trapped people were massacred while awaiting evacuation 3 days ago.

31 more corpses have been recovered from the area of the basements in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where dozens of trapped people were massacred while awaiting evacuation 3 days ago.

The newly recovered 31 bodies, which were also burnt and fragmented like all the others previously retrieved from the same area, known as the 2nd basement, were taken to Cizre State Hospital.

Two days ago, as many as 29 corpses were evacuated from the scene after the operation conducted by Turkish forces on the building on Cudi neighborhood's Narin Street where 10 slain and 52 wounded people were three days ago.

Yesterday, 12 more corpses were taken from the area and take to Cizre State Hospital.

On the other hand, there were 7 slain, 15 wounded and 9 exhausted people in the other basement, which was the first to be revealed, on Bostancı Street of the same Cudi neighborhood. While there is still no news available as to their aftermath, two bodies retrieved from the scene and identified through autopsy yesterday turned out to be of Sultan Irmak and Fehmi Dinç, both of whom had remained stuck in this basement. With this most recent development, it came out that the first basement was also targeted by state forces on the day the offensive against the second basement.

In the meantime, it came out yesterday morning that 45 other people were stuck in another basement in Sur neighborhood. Turkish forces have been shelling this building as well, as a result of which 22 people lost their lives since yesterday. 23 other people, many of whom were with wounds, were also awaiting evacuation when they were last reached.

A total of 82 corpses have been retrieved from the area of three buildings where 149 people were known to be sheltered before the offensives of Turkish state forces.