Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iraqi border guards kill kolbar, wound another in Paveh

Iraqi border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of Shushmi in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, on 22 January, killing kolbar Houshyar Mahmoudi and wounding another whose identity remains unknown. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Iraqi border guards initiated the gunfire without any prior warning, targeting the kolbars at close range. Mahmoudi, a father of three from...

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