A 17-year-old child died during the clashes between demonstrators and security forces on Sunday in Sulaimaniya.
According to information received, the young boy named Þexo Mihemed lost his life with the bullets shot in stomach. According to Sulaymania hospital sources, 48 people got wounded in Sunday's demonstrations while at least 8 among them were shot.
Protesters ask for withdrawal of the armed forces of about 8 thousand brought to Sulaimaniya after the march to Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Office, the judgment of responsible for deaths and the assaulters on Duhok and Hewler offices of Goran movement. The protest actions had begun on Wednesday against "corruption and injustice” when a retired peshmerga wanted to set himself a blaze.
BALANCE SHEET OF THREE DAYS: 3 DEAD, 112 WOUNDED
Protest demonstrations have been staged in Sulaimaniya since 17 February Thursday. 2 people lost their lives with the fire opened by Office security officers against demonstrators walking to KDP Office in the first day. 54 other got wounded during the clashes while all offices of Goran movement in Duhok and Hewler were set on fire the same day. Ten demonstrators got wounded with the intervention of security forces in demonstrations on Friday. A group of armed persons set fire to NRT television and radio of Goran Movement broadcasting in the city at Friday-Saturday night around 02:00 am. The three-day balance sheet, 2 dead 112 wounded.
Translation: Berna Ozgencil