Murder of 16-year-old Hammad Rigikouteh by gunshot
Hammad Rigikooteh, 16, from Khash County, was killed by a direct gunshot.
Another Baloch teenager was killed by a live bullet. A photo of Hamad Rigikote (Qalandarzahi) posted on social media shows him being murdered by unknown individuals.
Hammad, 16, was the son of Mawlavi Mohammad Osman, the Friday prayer leader of Al-Khalil Mosque in Khash city. He was killed by gunmen in a Peugeot car in the Sartlap area of Khash on Friday, May 12, with direct gunfire.
After Hammad's murder, the atmosphere in the city of Khash was heavily secured, and his funeral was held in the presence of security forces.
The citizens of Sistani have been subjected to oppression and crimes by the Islamic Republic regime since the past. In the past two weeks, 22 Baloch citizens were executed by the Islamic Republic regime. People who were only protesting for their rights and have not left the scene of protests since the beginning of the popular revolution and continue to fight for freedom.
Balochistan is also one of the provinces that has seen the highest number of child victims during the protests. Hammad is another teenage victim who lost his life to a direct bullet.
There is still no complete information available about the identity of the attackers, but it is believed that the regime's fire forces killed him, because immediately after his murder, the city became secure and even his body was buried under the supervision of security forces.
