Gunmen affiliated with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) killed a number of civilians and burned their bodies without compunction in northwestern Iran.
According to a news published in Ettela’at Daily on September 2, 1979, KDP gunmen took passengers of a minibus hostage on the road between Jaldian and Piranshahr. Two women and 3 children were among the hostages. The hostage-takers opened fire on an Army truck while they were transferring the hostages, killing 3 privates in the truck. They proceeded to burn the bodies of the victims.