The Turkish state carried out an assassination with fighter jets on August 15, the 4th anniversary of the massacre the ISIS gangs carried out in Shengal’s Kocho village. Yazidi Society Coordination Member Zeki Şengali was targeted in the attack and lost his life. There will be a mass ceremony on Saturday for Şengali.   

The funeral in Shengal will start at 15.00. A convoy will start from the Khanasor district and continue to the Serdesht area in Mount Shengal. Meanwhile the crowd will go to the Kolka village to receive Mam Zeki’s body. Şengali’s coffin will be carried on people’s shoulders and the crowd will march to the Martyr Dilgeş and Martyr Berxwedan Martyrs’ Cemetery where Şengali will be buried.

Şengali’s family will be attending the ceremony. After the ceremony in Shengal, the family is expected to hold another on August 25 in the Celle city of Germany where they live.