HPG Press Center issued a written statement and said guerrillas Ramazan Bozkurt (Ciya Amed) and Bilal Kaplan (Xwinrej Carcella) were martyred in the invading Turkish army attack following an action against the Xeregol hill in Hakkari’s Cukurca district.

The statement said the following:

“Our forces carried out an ambush action on July 26 at 05:30 against the invading Turkish army who have positioned a unit on the Xeregol Hill in the Cele district to secure the road. The enemy unit was effectively hit from two sides at close range. 11 soldiers were killed and 2 were injured. Our forces simultaneously opened fire on the enemy positions and shelters on the Xeregol Hill. The number of casualties could not be ascertained in this action. Following the action, the invading Turkish army removed their casualties with Skorsky helicopters and bombed the action grounds with jets, Howitzers and mortars. In this bombing, our comrades Ciya and Xwinrej were martyred. The invading Turkish army has launched an operation and the ambushes continue as part of it.”