Cizre delegation stopped by state force

17:05

JINHA

MÊRDÎN - The HDP MPs and healthcare personnels tried to go in Cizre to evacuate the wounded in two basements in Cizre. They were stopped by state forces at the entrance of the town.

A delegation, among them Kamuran Yüksek, co-president of DBP, and the HDP MPs Celal Doğan, Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, İdris Baluken, Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir and Mithat Sancar and volunteer healthcare team tried to go in the Cizre district of Şırnak in order to evacuate the wounded have trapped in two basements. They made a press statement in Mardin then departed from Mardin to Cizre.

The delegation was stopped by police and soldiers in Oyal Junction between Mardin and Şırnak in city boundaries.

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