Attacks by Turkish forces in Lice, which came after the most recent imposition of a curfew, left the 'Martyr Harûn and Martyr Hêwîdar' Cemetery, as well as the mosque and all other buildings around demolished.

Turkish troops have withdrawn from the area of 'Martyr Harûn and Martyr Hêwîdar' cemetery of HPG guerrillas in Sîsê neighborhood of Amed's Lice district which witnessed a state of siege since October 16, Friday.

While the local people in the district couldn't even leave their houses amid an intense police blockade during the curfew, it came out that a savagery has been committed by Turkish soldiers during the four days of their presence in the area of the cemetery.

MOSQUE DEMOLISHED

Images from the scene show that soldiers burnt down the 'Martyr Harûn and Martyr Hêwîdar' signboard at the entrance of the cemetery, shelled the stage in the area of funeral ceremony with mortars, and demolished the mosque, lavatory, water tank, guesthouse and containers around the graveyard.

In addition, the museum housing daily and private properties of guerrillas covered with their photos was also blown up with bombs after all the stuff in it was seized by soldiers. The two-storey conference hall located 300 meters to the graveyard, which families of guerrillas would use during their visits, was also destroyed as a result of intense bombardments which have also started a fire in the surrounding forested area, that still continues.

50 GRAVES DEMOLISHED

50 out of the total 218 graves in the cemetery were also destroyed as a result of bombardments that were conducted from both ground and air. A number of tombstones were also broken.

On the other hand, bombardments also demolished the red-green-yellow painted walls around the graveyard as soldiers of the Turkish army placed explosives in the area and detonated them with remote controllers. Four civil cars in the area were also left unusable.

A civilian who witnessed the savagery of Turkish troops in the cemetery area for four days, asking to be mentioned as anonymous, told that thousands of soldiers conducted intense bombardments in the area, saying; "They attacked our sacred values savagely."

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