CBRN event in Northern Iraq, Werxelê resistance area in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). area, Iraq on Sun 10th October 2021

10th October 2021

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HPG announced the deaths of four more guerrilla fighters in the Werxelê resistance area. Hêvîdar Tirbespiyê, Yerîvan Kato, Binevş Çiya and Adil Gabar were killed by Turkish poison gas. The press center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) announced on Sunday that four more guerrillas were killed by Turkish poison gas in the Werxelê resistance area in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). Five guerrillas had already been killed by chemical weapons in the tunnel facility at the mountain massif in the Avaşîn region on October 5. After that, the Turkish army continued to use banned ordnance. On October 10, Hêvîdar Tirbespiyê, Yerîvan Kato, Binevş Çiya and Adil Gabar were killed by Turkish chemical weapons, according to HPG information. Information on their identities was released today:

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