Residents of the Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) took to the streets on Saturday to protest Friday’s armed attack in the French capital Paris. An armed assailant opened fire on the Kurdish Cultural Center before shooting at a restaurant and a hairdresser’s salon owned by the Kurds on the same street. The attack resulted in the death of long-time revolutionary Evîn Goyî (Emine Kara), musician Mîr Perwer (M. Şirin Aydın) and patriot Abdurrahman Kızıl. The assailant, a 69-year-old French citizen, was arrested by the police.

People of Maxmur staged a protest march to the United Nations office, displaying flags of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), HPG (People’s Defense Forces), YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) and KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union).

Speaking at the demonstration, Maxmur People’s Assembly Co-Chair Yusif Kara condemned the massacre and pointed to the responsibility of the French state.

“As the people of Maxmur Camp, we call on Kurdistan public opinion to unite around the martyrs of freedom in the person of Evîn. We must claim the cause of martyrs to be worthy of them,” Kara said and called on the French state to shed light on the massacre.