It has been 9 days since the last communication with the wounded people who have been waiting for hospitalization in the basement of a building for the past 16 days. Communication with wounded people in another basement where 9 people were burnt to death and one child was shot by state forces has been cut off for the past two days.

Bakeries, pharmacies and shops on duty that had been open in order to supply the basic needs of Cizre residents were closed down by state forces until ‘further notice.’

The state attacks targeting Şırnak’s Cizre district enter their 56th day. People wounded by state forces and got trapped in Cudi neighborhood 16 days ago have not yet been hospitalized. Last communication with the wounded took place on January 30.

AMBULANCES OF VOLUNTEER MEDICS ‘CONFISCATED’

Ambulances of Cizre Municipality’s medics, who have been trying to retrieve the wounded people, were prevented by state forces with the excuse of ‘an armed confrontation.’ State forces also confiscated the ambulances that belong to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and the Trade Union of Public Employees in Health and Social Services (SES) at the entrance of Cizre with the excuse that these ambulances did not have the necessary documentation. The Turkish government is yet to respond to the call of HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, who had declared in Mardin that he and several volunteer medics wanted to go into Cizre and retrieve the wounded people. Volunteer medics from TTB and SES will try to enter Cizre, and Botan protestors who had been holding a resistance vigil in Nusaybin will walk to Cizre once again today.

NO NEWS FROM THE SECOND BASEMENT FOR TWO DAYS

Communication with the 27 wounded trapped in another basement in Cudi neighborhood, near where 9 people were burnt to death and one child was shot and killed by state forces, was cut off 2 days ago. Cizre People’s Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç said that armed vehicles had recently surrounded the basement and state forces shot and killed the 16 year-old Abdullan Gün as he stepped out from the basement.

PHARMACIES, BAKERIES AND MARKETS ON DUTY CLOSED DOWN

The siege on Cizre intensified as state forces closed down the pharmacies, bakeries and markets, that had been open in order to supply the basic needs of the town’s residents, until ‘further notice.’ Turkish police arrested and fined several civilians, who had left their houses to satisfy their livelihood needs, because these civilians ‘violated the curfew.’

Below are the names of some of the people who got injured during the state forces’ shelling of a building, which caused a fire in Cudi neighborhood:

HASAN AYAT, FİDAN DADAK, SERVET ÇORAK, EKREM SEVİLGEN, İSMAİL ÇETİN, YAKUP DADAK, YASEMİN ÇIKMAZ, ERDAL KAR, CENGİZ CEREN, ÖMER BARAN, MEHMET AKIN, MAHSUM ERDOĞAN, HAKKI KÜLTEN, ABDÜLKADİR KAYA, MAHMUT MERSE, MEHMET BENZER, FERHAL BALCAL, VEYSİ BADEMKIRAN, SERDAR ÖZBEK, HARUN BARAN, ÇİMEN PANKAN, ZELİHA ŞAHİN (BEDENİNDE AĞIR YANIKLAR BULUNUYOR) MAHMUR GÖRER, FIRAT ÇAĞLI, ABDULLAH ERBOĞAN, SABRİ SEZGİN, UMUT ÜREK, AZAD YILMAZ, FADIL KÜÇÜK, YAKUP YALÇIN, İBRAHİM TEMEL, DOĞAN ÇALIŞ, HALİL ÇELİK, MÜJDE TONGA.

State forces’ shelling of several neighborhoods in Cizre continues since the early hours of the morning.