HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

 Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our forces have carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. The details of the actions carried out within this scope are as following;

On October 2, at 08.00, our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers positioned on Koordine hill in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action, where the enemy’s positions and shelters were effectively hit, could not be determined. The invading Turkish army indiscriminately bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells following the action.

On the same day, at 17.10, our forces carried out an assassination action against the invading Turkish army positioned on Lêlîkan hill in Southern Kurdistan’s Sidakan, and one enemy soldier was killed here. The invading Turkish army indiscriminately bombed the area with Attack-type helicopters following the action.

2. Within the scope of the Revolutionary Victory Campaign launched in the general of Serhat province, on October 2, at 15.30, our forces carried out an action against a group of contras providing border security for the Dilucu area in Iğdır province. The number of dead and wounded contras in this enemy unit, hit in close range by our forces, could not be determined. On the same day, at 17.30, our forces carried out a sabotage action against a mixer-type vehicle used by the invaders for wall construction in the Dilucu borderline, and the targeted vehicle was completely destroyed. The number of dead and wounded soldiers as a result of this action could not be determined.

3. On October 2, around 22.00, the warplanes of the invading Turkish army bombed the Kunişka area in the Medya Defence Zones. We have had no guerrilla losses in these bombardments.

 

October 3, 2018

HPG Press Centre