Afrin... The Martyrdom of a Kurd after trying to deter thieves

ARK News: An elderly man lost his life, from the village of Midanky of Shara town in the Kurdish region of Afrin, at dawn on Friday, October 4, 2019, after his trying to deter a group of thieves who tried to steal in the village.

Local sources from Afrin said: The elderly man Adnan Bashir Amir, lost his life at dawn on Friday, shot by an armed group tried to steal his property.

In a report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated the reasons for his death: The group tried to steal a shop in the village at dawn, and when the elderly citizen heard sounds coming from his neighbor's shop, he went out to inspect the site, prompting the gunmen to shoot him at close range with a gunshot wound to the head, which led to his immediate death.

The observatory added that the man was suffering from severe difficulty in vision, and had been exposed to trying to steal his tractor on Thursday at his home in the village, but the attempt of the gunmen failed after the discovery of their order.

For its part, the Human Rights Organization in Afrin said: The checkpoint of armed factions located in the village, only 200 meters from the scene of the crime.

Since Turkey and the armed factions took control of the area on March 18, 2018, there have been ongoing violations, including bombings targeting civilians, rocket fire into densely populated neighborhoods, killings, abductions, seizures, and demographic changes.

Perhaps the last witnessed in the region, the death of elderly Shukri Mustafa, 60 years old from the village of Mirkan of Mabata town, four months after his release, where he was subjected to torture in the prison of Al Shamiya Front, according to the report of the Human Rights Organization in Afrin, dated 3-10-2019. . In addition to the martyrdom of the elderly Kurdish Zaynab Mustafa, one of the victims of the bombing of Jenderes in a hospital in Turkey, succumbed to wounds sustained in the terrorist bombing, which hit Jenderes town on 24-9-2019.

The Syrians for Truth and Justice documented the kidnapping of 127 Kurdish citizens last month, including 17 women and children.

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