Boy allegedly shot by soldiers found buried near border

Boy allegedly shot by soldiers found buried near border

Dicle News Agency (DIHA) published a photograph of 13 year-old dead boy Veysi Demir, confirming the allegations that the boy was buried in the ground after he was shot by Turkish soldiers in Toprakseven (Sitiyakut) village of Çaldýran town of Van province early Tuesday.

The body of 13 year-old Veysi Demir, who is claimed to have been shot dead in an armed attack by soldiers on Tuesday, was found buried near Iran border on Wednesday. The boy had been accompanied by another minor F.Altan who survived the attack and managed to escape to his village after the attack on their way to Iran for fuel purchase. On the photograph by DIHA, Demir is seen to be lying in blood with his hand broken and a huge stone placed on his burial place.

Demir’s father Mehmet Reþit Demir who claimed that his son was killed and buried by soldiers said the followings to DIHA yesterday; “We brought the body of my son to our village after we found it somewhere 150 meters away from where the incident took place. My son was killed for not paying a bribe to soldiers who are already informed about all fuel transfers from Iran into the region.”

Demir’s father pointed out that another group who in the same way went to Iran for oil purchase could easily cross the border owing to the bribe they gave to soldiers.

Demir explained that Turkish soldiers buried his son near Iran border with an aim to put the blame of his death on Iranian soldiers. This is a massacre and we will not let it drop, underlined father Demir.