HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out on October 30 an action against the occupying Turkish army while carrying out road construction from the Martyr Mazlum hill to the Baye hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district.

Around 11.30 hours our forces targeted the vehicle and digger belonging to the enemy unit trying to secure the road between the Gola Beqa and Gola Satê zones. Eight enemy soldiers have been identified killed in the hits where the military vehicle was destroyed and digger was struck.

Simultaneously, our forces put under intense fire a group of soldiers which came to the Martyr Mazlum hill for intervention in the action area. The enemy vehicle shot effectively has been struck and two soldiers have been identified killed here. After the action, the occupying forces carried away their dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsy-type helicopters on 13.30 the same day.

 

October 31, 2017

 

HPG Press Centre