Endless efforts have finally forced Turkish authorities to allow ambulances to Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where 28 slain and wounded people remain trapped in a basement for the past 5 days.

In addition to a denial of urgent access to treatment, the victimised civilians are also being targeted by Turkish state forces with gunfire. Five of them have died from loss of blood since.

In the wake of an approval by District Governor's Office, ambulances of Cizre Municipality were allowed to go to the scene to retrieve the casualties. Yet, Turkish security forces stopped the ambulances on their way and took them to the police headquarters in Konak neighborhood.

HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız who is also in the town said that the ambulances were sent to the scene within the knowledge of district governor's office and police directorate.

In the meantime, armored vehicles have surrounded the building where the wounded are, and started an intense artillery attack on the surroundings. Sarıyıldız remarked that the building came under heavy artillery and mortar fire short before the arrival of ambulances.

HDP deputy wrote on his Twitter account that; “There are only five dead people in that basement now. If it ends up in more casualties, this will mean an execution. The people there are facing a plot and under the threat of an imminent massacre.”