A Child Killed in Cizre

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On 24th day of curfew in Turkey’s southeastern Cizre district of Şırnak province, 12-year-old Bişeng Goran has been murdered.

Special operations police opened fire on a family trying to leave the neighborhood by white flags because of heavy artillery shooting, reported Dicle News Agency (DİHA).

Bişeng Goran (12) hit by bullet in the head has lost her life in Cizre State Hospital where she taken by her family for treatment.

According to statements of child rights and human rights organizations as of December 30, 2015, at least 61 children lost their lives for not being able to be taken to hospital, or for directly being targeted by law enforcers as of Suruç massacre on July 20 in conflicts and curfews. (NV/TK)