 On 30 July 1996, Zeynep Kınacı, a female PKK fighter, carried out the organization's first suicide attack, killing 8 soldiers and injuring 29 others.The attacks against the civilians, especially the Kurdish citizens who refused to cooperate with them were also reported at the same years.On 20 January 1999, a report published by HRW, stated that the PKK was reported to have been responsible for more than 768 executions.