The remains of 4 civilians who were allegedly "forced" to step into a mined area by the Turkish gendarmerie and lost their lives while trying to enter Turkish city Kızıltepe from Dirbesiyê-Syria could not be taken because their families are on the other side of the border.

According to Mezopotamya Agency (MA), 4 civilians died after stepping on mines while trying to enter Mardin's Kızıltepe district as refugees on October 5 in Dirbesiyê district of the Hesekê canton of Northern and Eastern Syria.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE FUNERALS WAS NOT MADE

Identities of the refugees, who were reported to have died on the mines , could not be identified despite the autopsy. It was revealed that some of the relatives of the refugees who lost their lives are in Hesekê and will contact the Human Rights Association (IHD) to collect the bodies.

TO BE BURIED IN CEMETERY OF THE NAMELESS

Due to Turkey’s discontent for the North and East Syrian government, the bodies of those who lose their lives due to explosive mines are buried in the Cemetery of the Nameless. If the corpses are not delivered to their families by 20 October, they are expected to be buried in the Cemetery of the Nameless located in Kızıltepe.