A five-year-old child was hit and seriously injured by a Turkish army armoured vehicle in the Silopi district of Şırnak province. The child was taken to Silopi State Hospital where a spinal fracture was diagnosed. He was then transferred to a private hospital in Elazığ and was admitted to the intensive care unit.

The child was playing in front of his parents' house in the Dicle neighbourhood when he was hit by the armoured car on Tuesday evening. His condition is said to be critical.

Time and again, there are alleged accidents caused by armoured police and military vehicles in Kurdish cities. According to a tally by the Human Rights Foundation Turkey (TIHV), at least 19 people have died in so-called armoured accidents in the Kurdish region between 2018 and 2022, including nine children and young people. Another 50 people were injured, 14 of whom were under the age of 18. The perpetrators are not held accountable, and soldiers and police officers generally do not fear criminal consequences.