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Upon
this information, the guerrillas decided to set up a
road block on the Dersim Pulumur Highway. The road
block was set up at 17:00 (5 pm EEST) and was held
until 20:30 (8:30 pm EEST).
HPG guerrillas checked the identity of 300 people
and explained to them the reason of the guerrillas
blocking the highway. During the identity control,
the HPG guerrillas discovered the civilian clothed
Gendarmerie Commando Private Coskun Kirandi (21).
The Turkish soldier was doing his military duty at
the Adiyaman Province Gendarmerie Commando and the
HPG guerrillas were told that he was heading to
Trabzon on a short-term leave from his unit.
The guerrillas decided to capture Kirandi and take
him to their base in the Dersim province, according
to the statement by HPG-BIM.
The HPG Headquarter Commandership issued a separate
statement giving Kirandi the status of P.O.W
(Prisoner of War) and insured the public that
Kirandi would have all the rights of a P.O.W
according to international laws of war.
The HPG Headquarter Commandership also denied the
accusations made by the Turkish media that their
guerrilla units by force had taken money and
material from people stopped at the road block.
Turkish army units have been dropped down by
helicopters into the Harçik valley, Dokuzkaya and
Uzun to search for the P.O.W. Most of the units have
now been pulled back but a number of Turkish scout
units remains in the area, according to HPG-BIM.
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