Al- Mahmudiyah massacre is still fresh in minds of the Afrin

The events of al-Mahmudiyah massacre that the Turkish occupation state committed against civilians in Afrin on the 16th of March are still stuck in the minds of those who lived it, as this day is considered a stain on the forehead of all humanity.

16 March, 2021 05:57

ALEPPO, HANAN MOHAMMED

21 civilians had been martyred due to the Turkish attacks air strikes in al-Mahmudiyah village in occupied Afrin and the massacre is still fresh in residents' minds till this day.

Eyewitnesses on al-Muhmudiyah massacre

Witness young woman" Ziylan Arbo from Arbo village (Arab Oshagy) belonging to Mobata district in Afrin canton said" After the intensification the attacks on Afrin district's villages we headed to Afrin city to protect ourselves the brutal attacks, we stayed in the wilderness for several days, and then we settled in al-Muhmudiyah neighborhood for 7 days."

And she continued: "On the last day while we were sleeping, the Turkish occupation planes were hovering in the sky of Afrin, and the sounds of shells did not leave Afrin until the next morning, when about 12 shells fell close to the house."

The medical staff has been mobilized to help the injured

In her turn, the nurse, Vian Tkoshen, who was working at Afrian Hospital in Afrin canton, told us the details of the patients' admission to the hospital: “The hospital was overcrowded with the injured and we did not have the possibility to send them outside Afrin canton because the area was besieged by the attacks of the Turkish state, where the injured were treated. On the hospital grounds, due to the lack of adequate devices and equipment for the injured. "

International silence ...

Vian talked about the international silence towards the situation of Afrin people in light of the barbaric attacks launched by the Turkish occupation state: “Despite the constant cries of mothers calling for an end to the attacks in Afrin's streets, it was met with shameful international silence, and no human rights organization did its duty towards them.”

On her part, Roshin Rashid, one of the medical staff at Afrian Hospital, said: “The Turkish state’s attacks in Afrin were deliberately targeting the most crowded places to displace the indigenous people from their homes, those who defend their lands, they are insisting in refugee camps, hoping to return to Afrin, I am also sure that Afrin will return to its owners, as long as they have taken resistance as their path. "

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ANHA