Three young men were attacked by soldiers of the Turkish army in the countryside of the Hakkari province qt around 3 pm Monday afternoon. The three youngsters were on their way from the Yeşilova (İsyan) to Anadağ (Bêruh) village in the Derecik district for a picnic.

16-year-old Özcan Erbaş was shot in the back and critically injured as a result of fire opened by soldiers.

According to Mezopotamya Agemcy (MA), the youngster’s uncle Sabri Erbaş said the following regarding the incident: “They went to Anadağ for a picnic and there soldiers opened fire on them from the Mamreşan (Bağlıca) and Gerdin outposts. We went to take him after learning about the incident. There we had a quarrel with the soldiers who did not allow us to approach the group nor helped them. I finally carried Özcan on my back. He was shot by a bullet in the back. Then we took him to Hakkari State Hospital for a post-mortem examination.”

HDP Hakkari MP Sait Dede also confirmed the killing of Özcan in a Twitter post, which read; “Yet another Kurdish youngster and yet another merciless execution.”

Dede added; “We know that there will be efforts to protect the perpetrator with impunity. Still, we will call those responsible to account even a hundred years pass.”