Civan Arslan (17) who was injured in the bombed attack on HDP rally in Amed lost his life in the hospital where he was treated under intensive care. Arslan could not be saved despite all efforts and has been laid to rest in the Sarıtoprak (Hola) neighborhood of his hometown Bismil, Amed.

Ramazan Yıldız, Necati Kurul and Şehmuz Kaçan were also severely injured after the blasts and had died on the same day of the attack. With Aslan’s death, the number of people killed by the bomb attack rose to 4. 

Provincial and district administrators from HDP and DBP, HDP Amed parliamentarians, MEYA-DER representatives, Bismil co-mayors and thousands of civilians carried Arslan’s coffin from the hospital to Sarıtoprak neighborhood in Bismil. Chants of “Martyrs don’t die!” and “Murderer Erdoğan” accompanied this convoy of thousands of people. 

During Arslan’s funeral, MEYA-DER Amed co-president Mehmet Yaşar said that Kurdish people have always resisted efforts to break Kurdish people’s will and people had come to Amed rally to state their democratic demands for a free life. Yaşar added that Kurdish martyrs like Arslan have demolished the election threshold. 

DBP Provincial co-president Ali Şimşek stated that Kurdish people like Arslan frustrated the massacre’s agenda through their stance and courage.