Human rights and Kurdish rights activists in Turkey have reported that the Turkish army has killed a Kurdish child from Bitlis. The armored vehicle of the 3rd Erzurum Battalion deliberately overturned and killed a 10-year-old Kurdish child named “Eyup Kurta” in the Khalat region of Bitlis.
Kurdish media in Turkey have reported that the armored vehicle of the 3rd Erzurum Battalion ran over and killed a 10-year-old Kurdish child while collecting apples from under a tree.
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The murder of the 10-year-old child took place while Eyup Kurta’s uncle was hanging onto the vehicle, trying to stop it, but the soldiers ignored the 10-year-old Ayub and his uncle’s shoutin, and subsequently dragged his uncle to the gendarmerie.
As a result of this tragic incident, Eyup died in the hospital and his uncle was also seriously injured.
