PKK: No guerrilla activity in the area of massacre
PKK: No guerrilla activity in the area of massacre
In a statement to ANF about the air assault of the Turkish army which has killed at least 36 civilians on 28 December night, HPG (People’s Defense Forces) Command Member Bahoz Erdal contradicted the statement released by the Turkish General Staff.
Bahoz Erdal said that “There is a distance of at least 10 km between the real scene of the slaughter and the alleged Sýnaht area of Haftanin. The slaughter was carried out in the border region of Serê Saþ close to the Roboskî village.”
Remarking the impossibility of allegations which say that guerrilla camps were deployed in the area of the scene, Bahoz Erdal said that guerrillas would never perform an act or activity in this area which civilians and villagers always use as their passageway.
HPG Command Member defended that the slaughter was an organized and planned act rather than an accident or an involuntary action. Erdal also pointed out that it was not possible for the military and administrative authorities to be unaware of civilians who dealt with border trade. Erdal added that “Furthermore, unmanned air vehicles performed reconnaissance activities in the area on 28 December, between the hours of 17.00 and 21.30 when the slaughter was carried out by warplanes. There's not a scintilla of truth in the allegation that the civilians, who move unarmed on mules in this route every day, were mistaken for guerrillas.
Bahoz commented the slaughter as a ‘right’ to be granted to Kurds within the scope of new initiative packages of the AKP government and its officials.
Bahoz Erdal said that “There is a distance of at least 10 km between the real scene of the slaughter and the alleged Sýnaht area of Haftanin. The slaughter was carried out in the border region of Serê Saþ close to the Roboskî village.”
Remarking the impossibility of allegations which say that guerrilla camps were deployed in the area of the scene, Bahoz Erdal said that guerrillas would never perform an act or activity in this area which civilians and villagers always use as their passageway.
HPG Command Member defended that the slaughter was an organized and planned act rather than an accident or an involuntary action. Erdal also pointed out that it was not possible for the military and administrative authorities to be unaware of civilians who dealt with border trade. Erdal added that “Furthermore, unmanned air vehicles performed reconnaissance activities in the area on 28 December, between the hours of 17.00 and 21.30 when the slaughter was carried out by warplanes. There's not a scintilla of truth in the allegation that the civilians, who move unarmed on mules in this route every day, were mistaken for guerrillas.
Bahoz commented the slaughter as a ‘right’ to be granted to Kurds within the scope of new initiative packages of the AKP government and its officials.
