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On this day 12 years ago, the Turkish military killed 34 Kurdish civilians, including 19 children, in the airstrikes known as the Roboski massacre.

On December 28, 2011, two F-16 Fighting Falcons of the Turkish Air Force bombed a caravan of border traders in the northern Kurdish populated city of Şırnak.

The majority of them were under 18, all civilians. Only four people survived the attack, but all sustained serious injuries.

No one has been held accountable for the incident. Massive protests across Turkey followed the attacks, but protesters faced police repression with batons and teargas.

Two relatives of the victims were imprisoned, and a total of 16 people from the village of Roboski were put on trial, accused of “attending a memorial service for their relatives.” However, they were acquitted, as the tribunal declared that no criminal offence had been committed.

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