Turkish soldiers have killed a Kobanê citizen near the border between North and West Kurdistan.

Farûq Osman Mihemed (40) from the village of Xanîkê on the eastern side of Kobanê Canton was shot by Turkish soldiers as he attempted to cross into Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan yesterday.

The man got heavily wounded after getting shot by two bullets in the head near Kurelî village 10 km west of Kobanê Canton. Local people living in the area took Mihemed to Emel Hospital in Kobanê where he lost his life despite all the medical efforts.

According to local sources, Farûq Osman Mihemed meant to cross into Bakurê Kurdistan for treatment for a health problem he had been suffering for a while. The man will be laid to rest in Xanîk village today.