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ŞIRNEX – A 12-year-old boy has been shot in the stomach as Turkish state forces fire on residents of the Kurdish town of Cizre.

For several days, police and soldiers have been continuing a massive assault using heavy weaponry on the town of Cizre, located in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey). Seven have died as of this morning, as state forces prevent ambulance access to the neighborhoods.

A 12-year-old boy named Ömer Magi has been shot in the Cudi neighborhood. Volunteer doctors are treating Ömer. In spite of the ongoing police fire, doctors are currently attempting to reach Ömer to treat the gunshot wound in his abdomen.

(ma/gc/cm)