Villages abandoned because of Turkish shelling ++REPLAY++
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(28 Nov 2018) IRAQ TURKEY PKK SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 3:14 ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Amadiyah, Dohuk - 25 November 2018 1. Wide of Amadiyah area in Dohuk Governorate 2. Wide of Mizhe village in Amadiyah 3. Mid of Mizhe village homes 4. Various of Mizhe primary school in the village 5. Mid of local resident Hussein Mohammed with his son inside their house 6. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Hussein Mohammed, local resident: "I have three kids in school, I had to take them. We live in the village and there are no schools open here. Teachers don't come, and the Turkish planes are shelling this and the surrounding areas. Because of this no one even visits the village." 7. Mid of Mohammed and his family sitting in their home 8. Close of Mohammed's hand 9. Mid of Mohammed's family 10. Close of Mohammed's son 11. People walking past school building 12. Various of people standing by graves 13. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Mohammed Salha, father of man killed in shelling: "We're all from these villages, not that these people (those killed) had gone to a forbidden or a border area. I mean the distance between the main road and our village is less than 300 metres (328 yards). The place that these people were killed in is not even 300 metres away from the houses they were living in." 14. Mid of Salha and another man praying 15. Graves of people recently killed in shelling 16. Mid of Salha looking at his son's photo on a mobile phone 17. Close of a photo of Salha's son on mobile phone 18. Close of Salha's face 19. Various of people paying respects to the killed relatives 20. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Mohammed Salha, father of son killed in shelling: " According to us, it is all because of PKK, (Kurdistan Workers Party). This Turkish government is coming and assaulting our people because of the PKK. If they were not here, what do the Turks have to do with our people? What do the Turks have to do in my village, killing my son and my cousin, martyring them. We condemn this and we're not accepting it. The fact is that our people are being killed here for no reasons." 21. Various of houses in the village which have been abandoned and locked with padlocks 22. Wide of Hussein Mohammed walking with his son in the village 23. Wide of houses in the village LEADIN: Several villages in Amadiyah, Dohuk Governorate have been left abandoned because of the shelling by Turkish army. Locals claim the bombings have killed many innocent villagers in the area. STORYLINE: Dohuk is not as peaceful as it looks. Turkish shelling has targeted this area - and locals they have killed many innocent people. Out of fear for their safety, they are now leaving behind their lives and abandoning their homes. They feel they are caught in the middle of clashes between the Turkish government and Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) The closed gates of the abandoned Mizhe primary school say it all. Local resident Hussein Mohammed has three children in school. "We live in the village and there are no schools open here. Teachers don't come, and the Turkish planes are shelling this and the surrounding areas. Because of this no one even visits the village," he says. Mohammed says he had to take his children out of school, because it was partially damaged by the airstrikes. He couldn't take them to the neighbouring villages or Amadiyah town, due to the harsh weather and heavy snow. He and his family have no option but to stay and wait for the situation to improve. Mohammed Salham lost his son Ramazan and his cousin Dilovan in the recent Turkish airstrike. He visits their graves. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3ee3fcede284edb008bbf92a9b0c6d35
