Afrin ... Increasing the rate of kidnapping, killing and looting by armed groups

Afrin ... Increasing the rate of kidnapping, killing and looting by armed groups

Jul 11 2018


ARK News: During the past few days, kidnapping, killing and looting have increased by most factions and armed groups that entered with the Turkish occupation of Afrin. No day passes or, we will hear the arrest here and the kidnapping and killing there in front of the Turkish army, which has legal and moral responsibility in times of war and peace to protect the area from such violations.
“Last Thursday, an armed group killed a 60-year-old citizen, who as from the village of Mueske belonging to Rajo town, while he was buying his household items from the shop near his home .There is no an accurate information about the reasons for his assassination, according to, a special source from the family of Hussein told.”
“A few days ago, an armed group kidnapped the citizen, Khalil Mustafa Sido from the village of Sheikh Khutka belonging to Mabata town(1974), when he returned from his olive grove with his family. His car was taken from him and which he worked as a taxi and taken him to an unknown destination, where the group demanded a large ransom that the family couldn’t pay. His house was seized and was turned to a military headquarters after his family was evicted from the house, his family said.”
In “Sheikh Al-Hadid” (Şiyê) town, a few days ago, the group of “Amshat” kidnapped the citizen, Rashid Arab, and taken him to an unknown destination and is still unknown so far, but according to sources close to the family that the cause of the kidnapping is extortion and demanding a large ransom in exchange for his release.
According to a special source from the town of Rajo that "the faction of the" Sham Corps "belonging to the Turkish army, kidnapped Kurdish citizen, Mustafa Alo, on Friday, 6/7/2018, who i 41 year old, and who is resident of the village of kela (kêla) belonging to Bulbil town and he was transferred to an unknown destination, his fate was not known yet..
On the other hand, an armed group arrested a civilian, Hanif Ramadan Qanbar, who is from the village of Gawanda belonging to Rajo ton at the junction of the village of Hassan Deira and took him to an unknown destination after taking the mobile phone from him and forcing him to went back to their headquarters and his fate still remains unknown until this moment, according to a special source from Afrin city told.
It is noteworthy that the factions belonging to the Turkish army, that participated in the occupation of Afrin region , committed dozens of crimes against the people of Afrin and its countryside, which are killing, kidnapping and torturing , along with looting and theft, burning agricultural crops and dismantling olive plants and then stolen them, the destruction of archaeological and religious monuments, and seize the property of citizens, as well as setting fire to the forests, the objective is to destroy the infrastructure of Afrin region.


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