Confessions begin to emerge from PKK terrorists: They killed hunters, mistaking them for 'intelligence officers'

The HPG, the armed wing of the PKK, has announced that Selahattin Güngen and İzzet Batmaz, who were killed on Mount Cudi in 2020, were targeted under the mistaken belief that they were "intelligence officers," and that subsequent investigations revealed the two men had gone to the region for hunting purposes.

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Confessions begin to emerge from PKK terrorists: They killed hunters, mistaking them for 'intelligence officers'

The HPG, the armed wing of the PKK, has issued a statement regarding Selahattin Güngen and İzzet Batmaz, who were killed on Mount Cudi in the Silopi district of Şırnak in 2020. The statement indicated that the two individuals were mistaken for "intelligence officers" at the time of the incident, and that it was understood following a later assessment that they had gone to the region to hunt.

According to the HPG's statement, because Güngen and Batmaz were carrying weapons, binoculars, and a radio, they were thought to be Turkish military or intelligence personnel. It was noted that while they were targeted for this reason, investigations determined that they were in the region solely for hunting activities.

While the statement offered condolences to the families of Güngen and Batmaz, it did not include an explicit apology or expression of remorse regarding the incident.

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