Health worker Aziz Yural was killed while going to the aid of a woman shot by special operation police in Cizre.

As the onslaught and deliberate attacks by state forces are killing more people in the 17th days of the curfew in Cizre, police and snipers are shooting anyone they see out on streets.

Health worker Aziz Yural, who works for Cizre State Hospital, was targeted by special operation police upon attempting to go to the aid of a civilian woman shot by police on a street in Nur neighborhood. The man who was hit by a a bullet in the head has lost his life soon after the attack. The man's body remains on the street and cannot be retrieved from the scene due to intensified gunfire by state forces. The man was married and had two kids.

A total of 25 people, including an unborn baby and 3-month-old Miray, have been killed by state forces during the curfew in Cizre which continues since 14 December.