Ceylan Önkol, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ceylan Önkol

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1997

Date of Death: 28-Sep-2009

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ceylan Önkol

  • Ceylan Önkol (16 September 1997 – 28 September 2009) was a 12-year-old Kurdish girl who was killed by a howitzer by the Turkish military while she was pasturing sheep in Hambaz (Xambaz) hamlet of Senlik village in Turkey's southeastern Lice district in Diyarbakir province on September 28, 2009.
  • In the early days, the incident was thought to have occurred as a result of the explosion of a mortar shell allegedly thrown from the Tapantepe Police Station.
  • However, according to the forensic medical report issued on 16 October, Ceylan struck an unexploded mortar shell in the countryside with a metal-powered device and caused it to explode, which resulted in her death.

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