BEHDİNAN –
HPG Press Contact Center (BİM) made a written statement and shared the details of the actions organized by the guerrillas of HPG with the public.
The description of HPG BİM is as follows:
Within the scope of Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya’s Revolutionary Action, our forces organized effective actions against the occupying Turkish army on 19 July. In this context;
Our forces organized an action around 07.00 with a sabotage tactic for a military truck from Tepê Xwede in the Avaşin area of Defense Areas to the Rubarok regiment in the Semzînan (Şemdinli) district of Hakkari. 4 enemy soldiers were killed and 2 soldiers were wounded.
Our unit organizing the action has reached the base areas safely.
At 11.10, our forces organized a sabotage action against a vehicle belonging to the occupying Turkish army between Xapuşke and Helicopter hills in Derecik town of Şemzinan district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action, where the vehicle was completely destroyed, could not be determined.
Our unit organizing the action has reached the base areas safely.
SABOTAGE ACTION
On July 14, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Valto area of Hakkari with the support of numerous armoured vehicles. Our forces have taken surveillance of an enemy unit that is in operation and targeted it at 14.30 on the same day.
In this enemy unit, which was effectively shot at close range, a total of 4 enemy soldiers, 1 lieutenant, 1 non-commissioned officer and 2 expert sergeants, were killed and many soldiers were wounded.
Our friends Besê and Welat who fought heroically until their last rounds against enemy troops reached martyrdom.
Following the actions and clashes, the occupying Turkish army bombed the operation area with cobra type helicopters. This operation continues in the form of compasses with the support of secret units.
The identity of our friends who reached the martyrdom are as follows:
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Code Name: Bese Raperin Name Surname: Mizgin Aksu Place of Birth: Siirt Mother – Father Names: Benda – Abdulrahman Date – Place of Martyrdom: 14 July 2019 / Hakkari |
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Code Name: Welat Dılbırin Name Surname: Ali Öğmen Place of Birth: Şırnak Mother – Father Names: Hatice – Nezir Date – Place of Martyrdom: 14 July 2019 / Hakkari |
Comrades Besê and Welat, who joined the Kurdish Freedom Movement on different dates to actively fight against the genocidal war against the Kurdish people, have been the symbols of labour, honesty and altruistic participation from the moment they joined.
Both of our friends have always fought against the enemy on the battlefield and have worked hard to defend the gains of the Kurdish people. Both of our comrades internalized the life philosophy of the Leadership and became practitioners of it in life.
We respectfully commemorate our comrades Besê and Welat who joined the caravan of martyrs by hitting heavy blows to the enemy until their last breaths. We promise to create the Free Kurdistan, the ideals of our martyrs.
MEDIA DEFENSE AREAS
Warplanes belonging to the invading Turkish army from the Media Defense Areas on July 19, Yekmalê area of Metina region at 00.30, Deşta Nehlê area of Gare region at 11.30, Martyr Beritan area of Xakurkê region at 17.00, Kandil region Şehit Harun bombed the area at 21.00.
While we had no losses in these bombings, material damage occurred in the vineyards and gardens of the local people.