TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

1- On 26 March at around 07:30 hour, the enemy units from the Bilican Regiment, Cukurca/Hakkari, aimed to keep an Security Hill nearby. Our guerrillas carried out series of action against these enemy forces made of 40 soldiers. As a result of these actions and clashes 13 enemy soldiers killed and 6 other wounded. The Turkish state army couldn't be able to intervene as a result of resistance of our forces, yet sometimes later they used smoking bombs to be able to get corpses and their wounded soldier from the area. They carry out them 3 times with scorscy type helicopters under the support of cobra type helicopters.

In mean time, from the hours of the beginning action to the morning hours of 27 March, the occupier Turkish state army carried out obus and mortar attacks on the Village of Sifreza, Kani Cennete, the Village of Hilale and the area of Ertus/the Medya Defence Areas.

2- On 26 March in between 14:00-16:00 hours, the occupier Turkish state army's 2 scorscy helicopters carried 10 times special fee-paid paramilitary forces to the military stations of Sapata, Rubarok and Mawa/Semdinli/Hakkari.

3- The occupier forces of the Turkish state army carrying out obus and mortar attacks on the areas of Sikefta Birindara, Sehid Rustem, the Villages of Hore, Kani Cennete, Nerweh Ditaza, Merganis, the Hill of Bircela, the Village of Qesrok, Kinyanis and the Hill of Mahir Mirzo, since 23 March.

HPG Media and Communication Center

27.03.2012