The body of HPG member Êrîş Rizgar Kato, who fell a martyr in clashes in the countryside of Anîtos Valley, was delivered to his family after a 7 months wait and buried in Hakkari.
As a result of the air attacks and clashes carried out by the invading Turkish state on 12 June 2022 in the valley of the village of Anîtos (Yoncalı) in Hakkari, 3 HPG and YJA Star guerrillas fell as martyrs. The bodies of Jiyan Konur (Jînda Cûdî), registered in Şirnex, Canan Özdemir (Canda Welat) registered in Wan and Şaban Yorgun (Êrîş Rizgar Kato), registered in Hakkari, were buried in the cemetery of the nameless in Serê Sola after autopsy procedures at Hakkari State Hospital.
The body of Êrîş Rizgar Kato was given to his family after a wait of 7 months. The family had come to Hakkari from Mersin to apply to the Hakkari Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. After the application made by the family and the match of the DNA test, the Hakkari Public Prosecutor's Office gave the family permission to take the body.
The request of family members, who requested a funeral vehicle and a ladle from Hakkari Municipality, which is run by a trustee, was rejected without giving any reason. The family members then dug up the graves with their own means and took their bodies out of the "Cemetery of the nameless" under the siege of the police. The body of Yorgun was buried under police blockade in the cemetery located in the neighbourhood of Karşıyaka in Hakkari center.
