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ŞIRNEX - Roboski people have become the target once again after four and a half years. State forces shelled more than 30 civilians doing border trade with mortar fire. 16-year-old Vedat Encü was killed in the attack.

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)'s warplanes bombed an area on the border on December 28, 2011. The bombs killed 34 mostly young civilians in Roboski village of Şırnak's Uludere district and this incident is called as Roboski Massacre. Turkish state forces carried out a more massacre in Roboski after four and half years of Roboski massacre. State forces bombed a group doing border trade were once again with mortar fire yesterday. HDP Şırnak parliamentarian Ferhat Encü announced on his Twitter account the incident. He wrote that one civilian died and 5 others were wounded, including some seriously. Again the press keep silent, again no ambulance, again Roboski, again massacre… The killed civilian is reported to be Vedat Encü, brother of Davut Öncü who was among the 34 victims of the Roboski massacre in 2011.

Killed in the bombardment Vedat Encü was taken to Şırnak State Hospital. The wounded civilians named Suwar Encü, İbrahim Encü and Özgür Encü were taken to Uludere State Hospital.

Meanwhile, a group of more than 30 citizens managed to flee the shelling and had to flee to the other side of the border, and these trapped people have no security of life at the moment.

(ekip/za/gc/gd)