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ŞIRNEX - Cizre women headed through the neighborhood under white flags in an attempt to reach the wounded in third ‘basement of savagery’. Turkish state forces stopped and arrested them.

15 women headed through the neighborhood to reach the wounded in third ‘basement of savagery’ in Cizre, Şırnak province. State forces stopped and arrested them. The women were taken to Şehit Murat Akançay Police headquarters. DIHA reporter Beritan İrlan was arrested while covering the march of women.

Meanwhile, the family of İzzet Gündüz whose is believed among the executed people in the basement, wanted to go to Silopi to diagnose his body. However, they were stopped at the entrance of the district by state forces. They arrested Adnan Gündüz and took him to Cizre District Police Department.

In the besieged town of Cizre, Turkish state forces have trapped the wounded in basements under assault for weeks. In three separate basements in the Cudi and Sur neighborhoods, dozens of the wounded have so far been burned to death or killed by explosives used by state forces.

A basement located on Bostancı Street in the Cudi neighborhood was the first to come under attack. 31 people had taken refuge in the Bostancı Street house when it was targeted by tank fire on January 23. Since then, Turkish state forces have not allowed the wounded to receive ambulance access. Seven of those in the Bostancı Street basement passed away due to lack of medical care. As for the 15 surviving wounded and nine people with them, there has been no word from them for 13 days.

62 wounded had taken refuge in the second basement, located on Narin Street in the Cudi neighborhood. Tanks began attacking the basement, leading to a fire on the upper floors of the building. As the fire spread into one room of the basement, nine people burned to death. On the same day, a 16-year-old boy named Abdullah Gün emerged from the basement. He was shot and killed by state forces.

On February 7, state forces conducted an operation on the Narin Street basement. The state news channel TRT News reported on the operation with the headline “60 terrorists disabled [killed].” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu then denied the initial report, referring to a statement by the state-appointed governor of the province that “ten people were killed.”

The whereabouts of the remaining 23 in the Narin Street basement are still unknown.

139 residents had trapped in three 'basements of savagery' in Cizre. 71 of them slained. No info about 67 residents.

(at-ab/gc/gd)