“UNICEF” and the European Union offer condolences for the “Basra tragedy” and the Commission for Hum

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[size=52]“UNICEF” and the European Union offer condolences for the “Basra tragedy” and the Commission for Human Rights calls for an emergency session[/size]

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04/02/2024
The High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq called, this evening, Tuesday, on the Basra Provincial Council to hold an emergency session regarding the hit-and-run accident to which the students were exposed, while UNICEF and the European Union mission expressed their condolences over the tragedy.[/size]
[size=45]The Office of the Human Rights Commission in Basra said in a statement, “We call on the Provincial Council to hold an emergency session to develop urgent solutions regarding many of the roads that are considered pedestrian crossings in many locations, including north of Basra, in front of universities and schools, and other roads that are less commonly called (roads of death), such as the road.” “FAO.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "We must work to repair roads and install pedestrian bridges, controls, and serious solutions regarding this, and they only cost a small portion of the huge amounts of money of the extremely wealthy city of Basra."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, UNICEF expressed, in a brief statement, its deep sadness over the tragic incident that occurred in the Al-Hartha area in Basra. “Our deepest condolences to all those affected by this tragic loss.” We wish a speedy recovery to the wounded children.”[/size]
[size=45]The European Union mission in Iraq also expressed in a statement its deep condolences to the families affected by the tragic incident that occurred in Basra. “We stand with the people of Iraq during this difficult moment. Our sympathies and feelings are with you.”[/size]
[size=45]The mayor of Al-Haritha in Basra, Nazir Al-Shawi, had reported earlier today that “a tanker truck ran over a number of students from Zainab Primary School for Boys in Al-Haritha in Basra,” noting that “the initial outcome of the accident was the death of 5 students and the injury of 10 others.” .[/size]
[size=45]Later, the spokesman for the Interior and the Security Media Cell, Brigadier General Miqdad Miri, said in a statement received, “The Basra Governorate Police arrested the driver of a refrigerator truck that ran over 6 students from a school, leading to their death and wounding 14 others with residual injuries in the Al-Hartha area, north of the governorate.” “.[/size]
[size=45]As a result, the Governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, declared 3 days of mourning for the tragedy of the students of “Zeinab” Primary School, in which more than 15 students were killed, including one victim and one injured.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the Ministry of Education announced, in a statement, mourning the souls of the students of Basra Governorate who were subjected to a run-over accident that killed six of them and injured 10 others, some of whom were seriously injured.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, also called on the concerned authorities to make every effort to take the necessary measures and ensure that such an unfortunate incident is not repeated, while the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, directed that the details of the incident of running over students in Basra Governorate be followed up.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the governor of Diyala Agency, Karim Ali Agha, declared general mourning in the governorate following the painful accident that befell students in Basra Governorate, while directing the follow-up of the mechanism for students’ exit from their schools.[/size]
[size=45]Agha said in a statement, “We received with great sadness and great sorrow the news of the painful accident in Basra Governorate, which resulted in deaths and injuries among our students as a result of a run-over accident.”[/size]
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