Tragic end for family in Kobani countryside, struggling to earn daily living
In a scene that embodies boundless cruelty and brutality, the Othman family, who were striving to earn a living, met a tragic end at the hands of the Turkish occupation. The owner of the farm where the family worked confirmed that they "worked to earn their daily living."
On Sunday night, the Turkish occupation state bombed a farm located between the villages of Qumji and Barkh Botan in the southern countryside of Kobani, killing ten members of one family (the family of Othman Barkal Abdo), most of them children. The one survivor of the massacre was the child Narin, who sustained serious injuries and is receiving treatment at a Kobani hospital
The family of Othman Barkal Abdo and Ghazala Osman Abdo consisted of 11 members: a father, a mother, and nine children. They worked on a farm to earn a living.
The martyrs were: Ahin, Dijla, Delovan, Yasser, Saliha, Fawaz, Avesta, and Ronida, the parents of Othman Barkal Abdo and Ghazala Osman Abdo.
The farm where the family worked belongs to Hanif Qasim Ahmed, who is currently staging a sit-in at Tishreen Dam in protest against the attacks launched by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries. In a statement to ANHA agency from the sit-in site, he explained that Othman Abdo's family is considered a low-income family and was striving to secure a living. He added that Othman worked on the farm to earn his daily bread.
Hanif Qasim Ahmed, the farm owner, expressed his anger and condemnation of the attack, saying, "The Turkish state does not recognize the values and standards of humanity. Under what law are children targeted?" He added that the Othman family was a low-income family, seeking only to secure a decent life.
Ahmed also stressed the need for international organizations claiming to defend human rights to take action to put an end to the crimes of the Turkish occupation, noting, "Even during the holy month of Ramadan, the poor Othman family was not spared the brutality of the occupation."
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ANHA